Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.5.1
Āśraya· The supreme shelterLoving Surrender Is Life’s Highest Perfection
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: This Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam has elaborately described in various narrations the Supreme Soul of all that be — the Personality of Godhead, Hari — from whose satisfaction Brahmā is born and from whose anger Rudra takes birth.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam repeatedly describes Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Supreme Soul of all. Brahmā is born from His satisfaction, and Rudra from His anger.
- Unconditional loving surrender to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, is the highest perfection of life.
- The exclusive purpose of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is to inspire the conditioned soul to surrender to the Lord and go back home, back to Godhead.
Try this today
Before reading today, offer a brief prayer to Kṛṣṇa for help in surrendering to Him.
Ask yourself
How can my study become a step toward loving surrender to 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.