Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.5.37
Mukti· LiberationTake Shelter in the Holy Name
“Indeed, there is no higher possible gain for embodied souls forced to wander throughout the material world than the Supreme Lord’s saṅkīrtana movement, by which one can attain the supreme peace and free oneself from the cycle of repeated birth and death.”
What the purport teaches
- There is no higher gain for souls wandering in the material world than the Supreme Lord’s saṅkīrtana movement. Through it one can attain supreme peace and freedom from repeated birth and death.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is especially merciful to those who helplessly take complete shelter of Him. Chanting His holy names gives immediate access to that shelter.
- The difficulties of Kali-yuga can impel people to place all their hope and faith in Kṛṣṇa’s holy name. This full surrender to the Lord is called supreme peace.
Try this today
Bring one present worry to mind, then chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name for a minute while sincerely seeking His shelter.
Ask yourself
When difficulties arise, do I turn toward Kṛṣṇa’s mercy as my shelter?
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.