Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.17.43
Mukti· LiberationA Devoted Household Can Lead to Liberation
“A brāhmaṇa householder should remain satisfied in mind by gleaning rejected grains from agricultural fields and marketplaces. Keeping himself free of personal desire, he should practice magnanimous religious principles, with consciousness absorbed in Me. In this way a brāhmaṇa may stay at home as a householder without very much attachment and thus achieve liberation.”
What the purport teaches
- A brāhmaṇa householder should remain satisfied with simple maintenance and free from personal desire. Renounced householders formerly gathered grains left in fields or marketplaces.
- Householders should be magnanimous and charitable, hospitably receiving even unexpected guests. They should also curb unnecessary attachment in family life.
- The most important principle is fixing the mind in Lord Kṛṣṇa. One serving Him with body, mind, intelligence and words can be liberated even while engaged in apparently material activities.
Try this today
Carry out one household task today with your mind deliberately fixed on serving Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How can my ordinary household activities become conscious service to 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.