Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.12.38
Nirodha· Winding upMove Forward With Kṛṣṇa as Your Goal
“In this way, the fully Kṛṣṇa conscious Dhruva Mahārāja, the exalted son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, attained the summit of the three statuses of planetary systems.”
What the purport teaches
- The expression kṛṣṇa-parāyaṇaḥ means fully Kṛṣṇa conscious. It describes someone moving forward with Kṛṣṇa as the goal.
- Fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, Dhruva Mahārāja attained the summit of the three planetary systems.
- His example shows that a Kṛṣṇa conscious person can attain an exalted position beyond the imagination of an ambitious materialist.
Try this today
Pause before one activity today and consider how to keep Kṛṣṇa as your goal.
Ask yourself
Am I moving toward Kṛṣṇa, or mainly toward material ambition?
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.