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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.24.29

Mukti· Liberation

Clear Understanding Leads to Eternal Service

“Thus I, the perfect seer of everything material and spiritual, have spoken this knowledge of Sāṅkhya, which destroys the illusion of doubt by scientific analysis of creation and annihilation.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.24.29, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa perfectly sees everything material and spiritual. His explanation of Sāṅkhya destroys doubt through analysis of creation and annihilation.
  • The material mind accepts and rejects many concepts of life, generating false arguments about perfection. Taking shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead brings clear intelligence.
  • Understanding how the Supreme Lord creates and annihilates can free one from material bondage. The goal is to devote oneself to His eternal service.

Try this today

Offer a brief prayer to Kṛṣṇa today, asking for clear intelligence and the desire to serve Him.

Ask yourself

How can your study become a step toward taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa and serving Him?

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.

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