Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.1.39
Āśraya· The supreme shelterConcentrate on Kṛṣṇa Without Deviation
“One should concentrate his mind upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who alone distributes Himself in so many manifestations just as ordinary persons create thousands of manifestations in dreams. One must concentrate the mind on Him, the only all-blissful Absolute Truth. Otherwise one will be misled and will cause his own degradation.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme object of realization, worship and devotion. Material rewards and miraculous powers can distract one from this goal and bring renewed bondage.
- The Supreme Lord is one, though His expansions are many, and Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate Supersoul of everything. One should unhesitatingly worship Kṛṣṇa or His plenary expansion Nārāyaṇa.
- Creation is simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, who is never entangled in its reactions. Human life offers an opportunity to leave the repetition of creation and annihilation by concentrating on Him without deviation.
Try this today
Set aside one distraction for a few minutes today and concentrate on Kṛṣṇa as the object of your worship and devotion.
Ask yourself
Which attraction most often draws your attention away from devotion to Kṛṣṇa?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.