Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.21.14
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyRemembering Kṛṣṇa Is the Highest Purification
“The self can be cleansed by bathing, charity, austerity, age, personal strength, purificatory rituals, prescribed duties and, above all, by remembrance of Me. The brāhmaṇa and other twice-born men should be duly purified before performing their specific activities.”
What the purport teaches
- Bathing, charity, austerity, purificatory rituals and prescribed duties help cleanse one's existence. Proper education and engagement maintain purity as one grows beyond youthful innocence.
- Prescribed duties purify the covering of false ego by engaging one's bodily position in religious activities. One should also avoid sinful activities and association centered on sense gratification.
- Above all, remembrance of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, uproots the tendency to act against His will. Lord Caitanya recommended constantly remembering Him by chanting His holy names.
Try this today
Chant attentively once today: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
Ask yourself
How can remembrance of Kṛṣṇa become more central to my efforts toward purity?
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.