Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.31.1
Mukti· LiberationMake Spiritual Maturity Life’s Aim
“The great saint Maitreya continued: After that, the Pracetās lived at home for thousands of years and developed perfect knowledge in spiritual consciousness. At last they remembered the blessings of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and left home, putting their wife in charge of a perfect son.”
What the purport teaches
- The Pracetās remembered the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s promise that they would return home, back to Godhead. After completing family life, they left home, placing their wife in their son’s care.
- The purport describes education in spiritual values through penances and austerities from the beginning of life. Without realizing Kṛṣṇa, one cannot make life perfect.
- Everything depends on developing mature spiritual knowledge. Excessive attachment to comfortable family life can spoil the development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Try this today
Set aside one optional comfort today and use that time to study spiritual teachings.
Ask yourself
Is attachment to comfort taking time away from my development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
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.