Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.8.46
Mukti· LiberationWorship the Lord’s Pure Spiritual Form
“O Lord, because fearlessness, spiritual happiness and the kingdom of God are all achieved through the mode of pure goodness, Your devotees consider this mode, but never passion and ignorance, to be a direct manifestation of You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Intelligent persons thus worship Your beloved transcendental form, composed of pure goodness, along with the spiritual forms of Your pure devotees.”
What the purport teaches
- Intelligent persons do not worship demigods who represent passion and ignorance. Lord Viṣṇu, or Nārāyaṇa, represents pure spiritual goodness.
- Pure spiritual goodness brings realization of the spiritual world, freedom from fear and spiritual bliss. Material goodness cannot give these benefits, because it is mixed with passion and ignorance.
- The Lord’s transcendental form consists entirely of eternal spiritual goodness, without any material quality. Intelligent persons worship His beloved form along with the spiritual forms of His pure devotees.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer to Lord Nārāyaṇa today, remembering that His form is entirely spiritual and free from material qualities.
Ask yourself
Do I understand the Lord’s form as fully spiritual, rather than as a product of material nature?
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.