Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.21.33
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyServe Kṛṣṇa Through Your Daily Duties
“Pṛthu Mahārāja advised his citizens: Engaging your minds, your words, your bodies and the results of your occupational duties, and being always open-minded, you should all render devotional service to the Lord. According to your abilities and the occupations in which you are situated, you should engage your service at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with full confidence and without reservation. Then you will surely be successful in achieving the final objective in your lives.”
What the purport teaches
- One should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead through one's occupational duties, according to one's abilities. The common aim of all duties is to satisfy Him.
- Engage the mind in thinking of Kṛṣṇa, words in prayers or speaking His glories, and the body in His service. The results of one's work should also be engaged in devotional service.
- Social position does not disqualify anyone from success in devotional service. By being sincere, open, and free from duplicity, and working under a proper spiritual master's guidance, anyone can achieve the highest success.
Try this today
Choose one duty today and carry it out carefully, remembering that your aim is to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How can I make one ordinary duty an act of sincere service to Kṛṣṇa?
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.