Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.1.26
Mukti· LiberationSelf-Control and Compassionate Renunciation
“Three among these ten — namely Kavi, Mahāvīra and Savana — lived in complete celibacy. Thus trained in brahmacārī life from the beginning of childhood, they were very conversant with the highest perfection, known as the paramahaṁsa-āśrama.”
What the purport teaches
- Kavi, Mahāvīra and Savana lived in complete celibacy. Trained from childhood, they were well versed in the highest spiritual perfection, the paramahaṁsa-āśrama.
- Paramahaṁsa life is dedicated to the benefit of others. Great saintly persons sacrifice bodily comforts for human society, just as a father sacrifices out of affection for his child.
- Out of compassion for fallen souls, the Six Gosvāmīs gave up exalted positions and minimized their bodily needs. In Vṛndāvana, they compiled and published Vaiṣṇava literatures to carry out Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s orders.
Try this today
Give up one small convenience today and use that time to help someone.
Ask yourself
What comfort could I set aside to make more room for helping others?
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.