Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.26.7
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyWork to Satisfy Lord Viṣṇu
“Nārada Muni continued to speak to King Prācīnabarhiṣat: My dear King, any person who works according to the directions of the Vedic scriptures does not become involved in fruitive activities.”
What the purport teaches
- Vedic injunctions restrain and regulate activities done for personal enjoyment. Following them helps a person gradually become free from material bondage.
- One should work to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu; otherwise actions produce reactions that bind the living entity. The aim is freedom from birth, death, old age and disease, not merely regulated enjoyment.
- Vedic knowledge comes directly from God through paramparā, the disciplic succession, and is free from human defects. Kṛṣṇa instructed Brahmā through the heart, and that knowledge was passed on.
Try this today
Before one task today, pause and set the intention to perform it as service for Lord Viṣṇu’s satisfaction.
Ask yourself
Am I doing my work only for personal results, or seeking to satisfy the Lord?
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.