Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.7.43
Mukti· LiberationRevive Your Eternal Spiritual Qualities
“Although the mighty wind blows clouds and storms across the sky, the sky is never implicated or affected by these activities. Similarly, the spirit soul is not actually changed or affected by contact with the material nature. Although the living entity enters within a body made of earth, water and fire, and although he is impelled by the three modes of nature created by eternal time, his eternal spiritual nature is never actually affected.”
What the purport teaches
- Storms move across the sky without actually changing it. Similarly, changes in the body and mind do not alter the soul's eternal spiritual nature.
- Misidentifying with the body's and mind's activities brings terrible distress. The living entity must struggle to revive his divine spiritual qualities.
- The soul is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa and possesses godly qualities. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, manifests these qualities without hindrance and always remains supreme.
Try this today
During one change of mood today, pause and remember that the mood does not change your eternal nature as part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
When my body or mind changes, do I forget my enduring spiritual nature?
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.