Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.27.24
Mukti· LiberationTrue Independence Through Loving Service
“By discovering the faultiness of his desiring to lord it over material nature and by therefore giving it up, the living entity becomes independent and stands in his own glory.”
What the purport teaches
- The living entity is not the actual enjoyer of material resources. His attempt to lord it over material nature ends in frustration.
- Being the Lord’s eternal servant is not like servitude in the material world. Reviving this original nature frees the living entity from dependence on the three modes of material nature.
- Kṛṣṇa is the supreme independent Lord; the living entity finds independence in His service. A devotee gives up the mentality of enjoying and finds transcendental pleasure in loving service.
Try this today
Notice one desire to control things for your own enjoyment today, and instead choose one small act of service to the Lord.
Ask yourself
Where do I seek independence through control rather than through loving service to 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.