Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.29.14
Mukti· LiberationPure Service Transcends the Material Modes
“By attaining the highest platform of devotional service, as I have explained, one can overcome the influence of the three modes of material nature and be situated in the transcendental stage, as is the Lord.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is always beyond the influence of material creation. Goodness, passion, and ignorance cannot affect Him; therefore He is called nirguṇa.
- One situated in pure devotional service is also beyond the influence of the three material modes. Constant devotional service to Kṛṣṇa places the devotee on the liberated, transcendental platform.
- Through pure devotional service, the devotee attains qualitative equality with the Lord. There is no need to seek this separately through merging into His effulgence.
Try this today
Set aside five minutes today for uninterrupted devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, remembering that service itself is the path beyond the material modes.
Ask yourself
How does this teaching help me keep devotional service, rather than a separate search for liberation, as my goal?
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.