Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.17.10
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyPure Surrender Fulfills All Religious Duties
“In the beginning, in Satya-yuga, there is only one social class, called haṁsa, to which all human beings belong. In that age all people are unalloyed devotees of the Lord from birth, and thus learned scholars call this first age Kṛta-yuga, or the age in which all religious duties are perfectly fulfilled.”
What the purport teaches
- In Satya-yuga, all human beings belong to the single social order called haṁsa and are unalloyed devotees from birth. Their direct service to the Lord perfectly fulfills all religious obligations.
- The supreme religious principle is unalloyed surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Genuine social equality requires purity, goodness and unalloyed devotion.
- When the lower modes of nature become prominent, secondary religious principles help people gradually reach pure surrender. The varṇāśrama system naturally arises at creation rather than being a recent invention.
Try this today
Before one act of service today, pause and express your wish to serve the Lord without a selfish motive.
Ask yourself
How can you keep pure surrender to the Lord as the goal of your religious practice?
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.