Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.10.6
Nirodha· Winding upLiberation Means Returning to Our Original Position
“The merging of the living entity, along with his conditional living tendency, with the mystic lying down of the Mahā-Viṣṇu is called the winding up of the cosmic manifestation. Liberation is the permanent situation of the form of the living entity after he gives up the changeable gross and subtle material bodies.”
What the purport teaches
- At the winding up of the cosmos, most conditioned souls merge into Mahā-Viṣṇu during His mystic slumber, to appear again in the next creation. This is different from liberation.
- Liberation means giving up the changeable gross and subtle material bodies and becoming permanently situated in one’s original spiritual form. Revealed scriptures give conditioned souls a chance to revive their original relationship with Godhead.
- All Vedic literatures aim at devotional service to the Personality of Godhead, the unlimited source of all pleasure. Reading or hearing these literatures helps one become liberated even while living in material conditions.
Try this today
Read or hear this purport for five minutes, focusing on devotional service as the aim of Vedic literature.
Ask yourself
How might seeking pleasure in devotional service help you remember your relationship with the Lord?
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.