Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.27.42
Mukti· LiberationRemember the Absolute Truth as a person
“Having thus worshiped the Lord in the sacrificial fire, the devotee should offer his obeisances to the Lord’s personal associates by bowing down and should then present offerings to them. He should then chant quietly the mūla-mantra of the Deity of the Lord, remembering the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Personality, Nārāyaṇa.”
What the purport teaches
- After worshiping the Lord in the sacrificial fire, the devotee should bow down to His personal associates.
- The devotee should then present offerings to those associates.
- The devotee should quietly chant the Deity’s mūla-mantra, remembering the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Personality, Nārāyaṇa.
Try this today
Spend a quiet minute remembering Nārāyaṇa as the Supreme Personality, as this verse directs.
Ask yourself
How does remembering the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Personality shape your approach to worship?
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.