Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.7.50
Mukti· LiberationUse Kṛṣṇa’s Resources Without Claiming Ownership
“Just as the sun evaporates large quantities of water by its potent rays and later returns the water to the earth in the form of rain, similarly, a saintly person accepts all types of material objects with his material senses, and at the appropriate time, when the proper person has approached him to request them, he returns such material objects. Thus, both in accepting and giving up the objects of the senses, he is not entangled.”
What the purport teaches
- The sun draws up water and later returns it as rain. Similarly, a saintly person accepts and gives material objects without becoming entangled.
- A Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not feel ownership over resources entrusted to him by Lord Kṛṣṇa.
- Devotees should not merely accumulate wealth. They should distribute the Lord’s resources in ways that spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Try this today
Use a small amount of money or one useful possession today to help spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Ask yourself
Do I see my resources as possessions to accumulate or as something entrusted to me for service?
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.