Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.10.34
Mukti· LiberationAsk for Unfailing Devotion
“But I do request one benediction from you, who are full of all perfection and able to shower down the fulfillment of all desires. I ask to have unfailing devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and for His dedicated devotees, especially you.”
What the purport teaches
- Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi asks for unfailing devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His dedicated devotees, especially Lord Śiva.
- Lord Śiva is an eternal servant of God, not the Supreme Lord Himself. As God’s representative, he receives the same respectful treatment as God.
- Pure desire for the Lord’s loving service brings one to the most exalted platform of consciousness. This perfect understanding of life is available only through the special mercy of the Lord’s devotees.
Try this today
Offer a short prayer today for steady loving service to the Supreme Lord and devotion to His dedicated devotees.
Ask yourself
If I could ask for one blessing, would I choose unfailing devotion to the Lord and His devotees?
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.