Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.5.11-12
Mukti· LiberationRest in the Supreme Soul
“You should consider, “I am nondifferent from the Absolute Truth, the supreme abode, and that Absolute Truth, the supreme destination, is nondifferent from me.” Thus resigning yourself to the Supreme Soul, who is free from all material misidentifications, you will not even notice the snake-bird Takṣaka when he approaches with his poison-filled fangs and bites your foot. Nor will you see your dying body or the material world around you, because you will have realized yourself to be separate from them.”
What the purport teaches
- Consider yourself nondifferent from the Absolute Truth, the supreme abode and supreme destination.
- Resign yourself to the Supreme Soul, who is free from all material misidentifications.
- Realize yourself to be separate from your body and the material world. In this realization, you will not even notice Takṣaka’s bite or your dying body.
Try this today
Take one quiet minute to reflect, “I am separate from this body,” and turn your attention toward the Supreme Soul.
Ask yourself
How might remembering that you are separate from your body change the way you face bodily fears?
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.