Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.24.29
Mukti· LiberationDevotional Service Is Life’s Highest Perfection
“A person who executes his occupational duty properly for one hundred births becomes qualified to occupy the post of Brahmā, and if he becomes more qualified, he can approach Lord Śiva. A person who is directly surrendered to Lord Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu, in unalloyed devotional service is immediately promoted to the spiritual planets. Lord Śiva and other demigods attain these planets after the destruction of this material world.”
What the purport teaches
- Properly performing one’s occupational duty for one hundred births qualifies one for the post of Brahmā. Further qualification allows one to approach Lord Śiva.
- Even promotion to Brahmaloka does not end material miseries, and Śivaloka is a marginal position. Attaining Vaikuṇṭhaloka is the highest perfection of life.
- A devotee fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness seeks no material benefit or promotion to other planets. Such a devotee goes directly to Kṛṣṇaloka after leaving the body.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes today for devotional service without asking for any material benefit.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking greater material comfort, or making devotional service my goal?
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.