Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.24.55
Mukti· LiberationDevotional Service Alone Satisfies the Lord
“My dear Lord, pure devotional service is even difficult for liberated persons to discharge, but devotional service alone can satisfy You. Who will take to other processes of self-realization if he is actually serious about the perfection of life?”
What the purport teaches
- Pure devotional service is difficult even for liberated persons to discharge. Yet devotional service alone satisfies the Lord.
- Among the jñānī, yogī and bhakta, the bhakta is the most suitable candidate to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Lord’s mercy cannot be obtained by a process apart from bhakti-yoga. One serious about life’s perfection therefore seeks shelter at His lotus feet.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer asking to seek the Lord’s lotus feet through pure devotional service.
Ask yourself
Is pleasing the Lord becoming the purpose of your spiritual practice?
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.