Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.32.37
Mukti· LiberationPure Devotion Is the Main Path
“My dear mother, I have explained to you the process of devotional service and its identity in four different social divisions. I have explained to you as well how eternal time is chasing the living entities, although it is imperceptible to them.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Kapila compares devotional service to the main river flowing toward the sea of the Absolute Truth. Other processes are like tributaries.
- Bhakti-yoga has four divisions: three mixed with the material modes and one beyond them. Devotional service mixed with the modes remains a means for material existence.
- Pure devotional service is free from desires for fruitive results and attempts at empirical philosophical research. The translation also reminds us that eternal time imperceptibly chases living entities.
Try this today
Before one act of devotional service today, pause and set aside the wish for a material reward.
Ask yourself
What desire for personal results is becoming mixed with my devotional service?
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.