Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.20.35
Mukti· LiberationTake Shelter Without Seeking Personal Rewards
“It is said that complete detachment is the highest stage of freedom. Therefore, one who has no personal desire and does not pursue personal rewards can achieve loving devotional service unto Me.”
What the purport teaches
- Freedom from personal desire and the pursuit of rewards is the highest stage of freedom. Such detachment allows loving devotional service to the Lord to arise.
- Hearing, chanting and other practices of unmixed bhakti-yoga are open to everyone, regardless of inner motive. Even those full of material desires should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure, and only He within our heart can fulfill our real desire. Simple faith in taking His shelter carries even a fallen person through the difficulties of this age.
Try this today
Set aside five minutes for hearing or chanting, approaching Lord Kṛṣṇa for shelter rather than personal rewards.
Ask yourself
Can I take shelter of Kṛṣṇa now, even while recognizing the material desires in my heart?
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.