Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.33.37
Mukti· LiberationHearing Leads to Loving Devotional Service
“The description of the dealings of Kapiladeva and His mother is very confidential, and anyone who hears or reads this narration becomes a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is carried by Garuḍa, and he thereafter enters into the abode of the Supreme Lord to engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.”
What the purport teaches
- The narration of Kapiladeva and Devahūti is confidential, perfect and transcendental. Hearing or reading it leads one to become a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The highest perfection of life is loving service at the Lord’s lotus feet. The hearer or reader enters His abode to engage in transcendental loving service.
- Devahūti had the Supreme Lord as her son and followed His instructions faithfully. There is no doubt that she attained the highest perfection of human life.
Try this today
Read a short portion of this narration today with a prayer to develop loving devotional service.
Ask yourself
How can I approach this narration with the desire to serve the Lord lovingly?
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.