Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.26.30
Āśraya· The supreme shelterDevotional Service Is Its Own Reward
“What more remains to be accomplished for the perfect devotee after achieving devotional service unto Me, the Supreme Absolute Truth, whose qualities are innumerable and who am the embodiment of all ecstatic experience?”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord is the Supreme Absolute Truth, with innumerable qualities, and the embodiment of all ecstatic experience. For the perfect devotee who achieves His service, nothing more remains to be accomplished.
- Devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa is so pleasing that a pure devotee desires nothing else. Service itself is the ultimate reward, giving unsurpassed happiness and knowledge.
- Sincerely chanting and hearing Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy name and fame purifies the heart. Gradually one appreciates the blissful nature of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, loving service to the Lord.
Try this today
Spend a few minutes sincerely chanting and hearing Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy name, without asking for a separate reward.
Ask yourself
Do I approach devotional service as a reward in itself, or mainly as a means to obtain something else?
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.