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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.19.29

Mukti· Liberation

The Lord's Assistants Will Return

“These two personal assistants of the Supreme Lord, having been cursed, have been destined to take birth in demoniac families. After a few such births, they will return to their own positions.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.19.29, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The two persons described here are personal assistants of the Supreme Lord.
  • Because of a curse, they were destined to take birth in demoniac families.
  • Their demoniac births would not continue forever. After a few such births, they would return to their own positions.

Try this today

Reread the verse and note the contrast between their temporary births and their own positions with the Lord.

Ask yourself

What does the promised return of these assistants help me notice about their temporary condition?

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.

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