Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.6.68
Mukti· LiberationAttentive Prayer Burns Away Sin
“O glowing one, O powerful lord of the sun, you are the chief of all the demigods. I meditate with careful attention on your fiery globe, because for those who offer prayers to you three times daily according to the Vedic method passed down through authorized disciplic succession, you burn away all sinful activities, all consequent suffering and even the original seed of desire.”
What the purport teaches
- Yājñavalkya addresses the powerful lord of the sun as the chief of all the demigods and meditates carefully on his fiery globe.
- He describes prayers offered three times daily according to the Vedic method passed down through authorized disciplic succession.
- For those who offer these prayers, the lord of the sun burns away sinful activities, their consequent suffering and even the original seed of desire.
Try this today
Read this prayer slowly once today, giving full attention to its words.
Ask yourself
What can I learn from the emphasis on careful attention and an authorized method of prayer?
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.