Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.33.26
Mukti· LiberationDevotional Service Is the Highest Perfection
“Her mind became completely engaged in the Supreme Lord, and she automatically realized the knowledge of the impersonal Brahman. As a Brahman-realized soul, she was freed from the designations of the materialistic concept of life. Thus all material pangs disappeared, and she attained transcendental bliss.”
What the purport teaches
- Knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead includes knowledge of impersonal Brahman and the localized Supersoul. One engaged in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is understood to have already realized Brahman.
- Bodily activities should be regulated to keep the body fit, with spiritual advancement rather than sense gratification as the goal. The soul’s engagement in spiritual life is the primary necessity.
- Devahūti lovingly meditated on the Lord’s form according to Kapiladeva’s instructions. The real purpose of all processes of transcendental realization is to reach devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Choose one regular time today for loving meditation on the Supreme Lord, while allowing for your bodily necessities.
Ask yourself
Do my daily habits support devotional service as my primary purpose?
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.