Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.2.43
Mukti· LiberationPeace Through Steady Devotion to Kṛṣṇa
“My dear King, the devotee who worships the lotus feet of the infallible Personality of Godhead with constant endeavor thus achieves unflinching devotion, detachment and experienced knowledge of the Personality of Godhead. In this way the successful devotee of the Lord achieves supreme spiritual peace.”
What the purport teaches
- Constant worship of the Lord’s lotus feet brings unflinching devotion, detachment and experienced knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Through this, the devotee attains supreme spiritual peace.
- Being desireless means having no desire for personal sense gratification. The devotee’s only desire is to please Kṛṣṇa, rather than seek material enjoyment, liberation or mystic powers.
- The devotee sees everything as the potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and desires to engage it in His service. With no demand for personal satisfaction, the devotee can be happy in any situation under Kṛṣṇa’s shelter.
Try this today
Choose one thing you use today and use it in service to Kṛṣṇa, consciously seeking His satisfaction rather than your own.
Ask yourself
Where could I shift my desire from personal satisfaction toward pleasing 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.