Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.32.7
Āśraya· The supreme shelterDevotional Service Is the Illuminated Path
“Through the path of illumination, such liberated persons approach the complete Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of the material and spiritual worlds and is the supreme cause of their manifestation and dissolution.”
What the purport teaches
- The illuminated path is devotional service. Following it frees one from the contamination of material nature’s modes and leads to the kingdom of the all-perfect Personality of Godhead.
- All other living entities are very small compared with the Supreme Lord. He is the supreme eternal and the proprietor of both the material and spiritual worlds.
- Material nature supplies the ingredients of creation, but it acts through the Lord’s energy and glance. The Lord Himself, not matter alone, is the cause of manifestation.
Try this today
Read the translation once more today, then offer a brief prayer to follow the illuminated path of devotional service.
Ask yourself
How does recognizing the Lord as the supreme proprietor shape my desire to serve Him?
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.