Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.27.8
Mukti· LiberationHear Faithfully and Worship With Devotion
“Now please listen faithfully as I explain exactly how a person who has achieved twice-born status through the relevant Vedic prescriptions should worship Me with devotion.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord asks Uddhava to listen faithfully as He explains how a twice-born person should worship Him with devotion.
- The relevant Vedic injunctions depend on one’s social and occupational status. Members of the brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya and vaiśya communities attain twice-born status through initiation into the Gāyatrī mantra.
- Having attained twice-born status, one should faithfully worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Deity form. The method is to be learned from the Lord’s own instructions.
Try this today
Read this translation slowly once, giving special attention to the words “faithfully” and “with devotion.”
Ask yourself
How can I bring more faith and attention to hearing the Lord’s instructions?
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.