Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.4.13
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionLoving Service Is the Highest Destination
“I again offer my respectful obeisances unto the form of complete existence and transcendence, who is the liberator of the pious devotees from all distresses and the destroyer of the further advances in atheistic temperament of the nondevotee-demons. For the transcendentalists who are situated in the topmost spiritual perfection, He grants their specific destinations.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has a transcendental form, not a material one. Impersonal Brahman is simply the rays of His transcendental body.
- The Lord mercifully delivers His devotees from distress and checks the harmful activities of nondevotees. Like a kind father, He is kind both in His protection and in His punishment.
- The highest destination is bhakti-yoga, the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Although He grants both impersonalists and devotees their desired destinations, those who seek loving service are more fortunate.
Try this today
Offer respectful obeisances to Kṛṣṇa today and ask for the opportunity to render Him loving service.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking only relief from distress, or also the opportunity to serve Kṛṣṇa with love?
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.