Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.17.1-2
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyLet Your Duties Lead to Loving Service
“Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Lord, previously You described the principles of devotional service that are to be practiced by followers of the varṇāśrama system and even ordinary, unregulated human beings. My dear lotus-eyed Lord, now please explain to me how all human beings can achieve loving service unto You by the execution of their prescribed duties.”
What the purport teaches
- Uddhava asks how all human beings can achieve loving service to Kṛṣṇa through their prescribed duties, whether or not they follow the varṇāśrama system.
- Kṛṣṇa personally created the varṇāśrama system. Its ultimate goal is to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead and learn pure devotional service.
- The easiest method of achieving pure devotional service is faithful, submissive association with pure devotees. Human life is distinguished by the capacity to become religious and ultimately love God.
Try this today
Choose one duty today and perform it with the conscious intention of pleasing Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How could one of your daily duties become an opportunity to please Kṛṣṇa?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.