Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.7.14
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionKṛṣṇa Is the Goal of Yoga
“Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Lord, You alone award the results of yoga practice, and You are so kind that by Your own influence You distribute the perfection of yoga to Your devotee. Thus You are the Supreme Soul who is realized through yoga, and it is You who are the origin of all mystic power. For my supreme benefit You have explained the procedure for giving up the material world through the process of sannyāsa, or renunciation.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead awards the results of every yoga process. Nothing can be achieved without His sanction, and Kṛṣṇa Himself is yoga’s goal.
- Yoga means linking up, but connections with temporary sense objects end. Our relationship with Kṛṣṇa continues beyond death and can develop until we reach His abode.
- Our actual happiness lies in loving service to the Personality of Godhead, not merely in escaping material pain. Caitanya Mahāprabhu makes this perfection easily available through chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.
Try this today
Set aside a brief, attentive time today to chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.
Ask yourself
Am I investing more attention in temporary connections or in my lasting relationship with Kṛṣṇa?
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.