Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.2.31
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionLoving Service Wins the Lord's Heart
“Please speak about how one engages in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, if you consider me capable of properly hearing these topics. When a living entity offers loving service to the Supreme Lord, the Lord is immediately satisfied, and in return He will give even His own self to the surrendered soul.”
What the purport teaches
- The living entity and the Supreme Lord are qualitatively one but quantitatively different. Both are eternal persons, but the Lord's power is unlimited and ours is infinitesimal.
- As parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa, we are meant to serve Him with love. Sincere surrender means desiring to serve Him eternally without expecting personal reward.
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is immediately pleased by such loving service. In gratitude, He is inclined to offer anything—even Himself—to His surrendered devotee.
Try this today
Before one act of devotional service today, pause and form the intention to please Kṛṣṇa without asking for a reward.
Ask yourself
What expectation of personal reward could I begin to let go of in my 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.