Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.3.46
Mukti· LiberationOffer Work’s Results to the Supreme Lord
“By executing without attachment the regulated activities prescribed in the Vedas, offering the results of such work to the Supreme Lord, one attains the perfection of freedom from the bondage of material work. The material fruitive results offered in the revealed scriptures are not the actual goal of Vedic knowledge, but are meant for stimulating the interest of the performer.”
What the purport teaches
- Human life is an opportunity to understand our eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The actual success of life is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- By performing prescribed activities without attachment and offering their results to the Lord, one gradually becomes free from material bondage. Ordinary activities can thus be brought to the platform of pure devotional service.
- The material rewards promised in the Vedas encourage people to begin the process of purification; they are not its final goal. The highest perfection is pure love of Godhead.
Try this today
Choose one ordinary duty today and consciously offer its result to Kṛṣṇa rather than seeking only your own enjoyment.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking only the rewards of my work, or learning to please Kṛṣṇa through it?
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.