Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.21.17
Mukti· LiberationTake Shelter Through Hearing and Chanting
“However, persons who have given up stereotyped worldly affairs and the beastly followers of these affairs, and who have taken shelter of the umbrella of Your lotus feet by drinking the intoxicating nectar of Your qualities and activities in discussions with one another, can be freed from the primary necessities of the material body.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s lotus feet are like an umbrella against repeated birth and death. Devotional service brings one beyond the stereotyped activities of material life.
- The repetition of birth and death, called saṁsāra, is compared to a forest fire. Through the spiritual master’s mercy, the rains of Kṛṣṇa consciousness can extinguish this fire.
- Taking shelter means serving the Lord by chanting and hearing about His qualities and activities. Drinking this nectar helps one forget the intoxication of material existence.
Try this today
Share one quality or activity of the Lord from this passage with someone today.
Ask yourself
How can I make more room for hearing and discussing the Lord’s qualities?
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.