Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.28.16
Ūti· What drives us to actAccept Your Identity as Kṛṣṇa’s Eternal Servant
“The living entity who falsely identifies with his body, senses, life air and mind, and who dwells within these coverings, assumes the form of his own materially conditioned qualities and work. He is designated variously in relation to the total material energy, and thus, under the strict control of supreme time, he is forced to run here and there within material existence.”
What the purport teaches
- False ego identifies the soul with the body, senses, life air and mind. Under the control of time, the conditioned soul moves through material existence according to his qualities and work.
- Time here refers directly to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who keeps conditioned souls bound under nature’s laws. Liberation is personal: attaining one’s eternal body, senses, mind and intelligence in His association.
- Loving service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness revives our eternal, liberated personality. Accepting oneself as Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servant conquers false ego.
Try this today
Before one act of loving service today, quietly reflect, “I am the eternal servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
Ask yourself
How would accepting myself as Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servant change the way I approach today’s activities?
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.