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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.8.74

Mukti· Liberation

Complete Absorption in Worship

“In the third month he drank water only every nine days. Thus he remained completely in trance and worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is adored by selected verses.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.74, translation

What the purport teaches

  • During the third month, Dhruva Mahārāja drank water only every nine days.
  • He remained completely in trance as he worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • The Lord whom he worshiped is adored by selected verses.

Try this today

Read one verse of praise to the Supreme Personality of Godhead slowly, giving attention to its meaning.

Ask yourself

How attentively do I offer words of worship to 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.

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