Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.22.20
Mukti· LiberationHearing the Lord’s Glories Cleanses the Heart
“Sanat-kumāra continued: My dear King, you already have an inclination to glorify the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such attachment is very difficult to achieve, but when one has attained such unflinching faith in the Lord, it automatically cleanses lusty desires from the core of the heart.”
What the purport teaches
- By association with devotees, desires for material enjoyment are gradually washed from the heart by the Lord’s grace. The purport compares this cleansing to polishing silver.
- Association with pure devotees awakens the soul to its constitutional position as the eternal servant of the Lord.
- Hearing and chanting the Lord’s glories cleanses material contamination that karma, jñāna and yoga cannot remove. Taking shelter of His lotus feet through devotional service removes these impurities.
Try this today
Read aloud a short passage glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, remembering your position as His eternal servant.
Ask yourself
How can I give more attention to hearing the Lord’s glories rather than feeding desires for material enjoyment?
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.