Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.7.6
Mukti· LiberationFix Your Mind on Kṛṣṇa
“Now you should completely give up all attachment to your personal friends and relatives and fix your mind on Me. Thus being always conscious of Me, you should observe all things with equal vision and wander throughout the earth.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa instructed Uddhava to give up attachment to friends and relatives and fix his mind on Him. Equal vision means endeavoring to see the ultimate spiritual nature of all existence.
- All living entities are parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa and share the same spiritual status. Seeing Kṛṣṇa in everything does not erase distinctions: the soul is His superior energy, while matter is His inferior energy.
- Loving devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is the most valuable treasure. A pure devotee’s sincere love provides protection even during a temporary moment of forgetfulness.
Try this today
Before speaking with someone today, remember that this person is a part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How might seeing others as parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa change the way you treat them?
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.