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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.25.33

Mukti· Liberation

Use Human Life for Loving Service

“Therefore, having achieved this human form of life, which allows one to develop full knowledge, those who are intelligent should free themselves from all contamination of the modes of nature and engage exclusively in loving service to Me.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.25.33, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The human form of life allows one to develop full knowledge.
  • Intelligent persons should free themselves from all contamination of the modes of nature.
  • The purpose is to engage exclusively in loving service to the Lord.

Try this today

Reserve a short, uninterrupted period today exclusively for loving service to the Lord.

Ask yourself

How am I using the opportunity of human life to develop knowledge and loving service?

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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