Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.14.19
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyReal Happiness Requires Devotional Service
“O noble one, if the king sees that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original cause of the cosmic manifestation and the Supersoul within everyone, is worshiped, the Lord will be satisfied.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original cause of the cosmic manifestation and the Supersoul within everyone. A ruler satisfies Him by ensuring that He is worshiped.
- Neither government nor citizens can be truly happy without devotional service. Advancing sense gratification instead brings deeper entanglement in the laws of material nature.
- Surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead frees people from the three modes of material nature. Both rulers and citizens are responsible for carrying out varṇāśrama-dharma.
Try this today
Use a few minutes you would ordinarily spend on sense gratification for devotional service instead.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking happiness mainly through sense gratification or through 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.