Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.8.45
Mukti· LiberationDedicate Your Activities to Lord Kṛṣṇa
“O my Lord, O supreme friend of the conditioned soul, although for the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this world You accept the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance, which constitute Your illusory potency, You specifically employ the mode of goodness to liberate the conditioned souls. The other two modes simply bring them suffering, illusion and fear.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Brahmā’s creation, Lord Śiva’s destruction and Lord Viṣṇu’s maintenance are all pastimes of the Absolute Truth, Lord Kṛṣṇa. Ultimately, only Lord Viṣṇu can grant liberation from material illusion.
- Passionate and ignorant activities bring suffering, illusion and fear to ourselves and others. They should be given up so that we can become firmly situated in goodness.
- The essence of goodness is to renounce selfish interest in all activities. One should dedicate one’s entire being to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the source of our existence.
Try this today
Choose one task today and begin it with a prayer to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa rather than your own selfish interest.
Ask yourself
Which activity could I turn away from selfish interest and dedicate to Lord 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.