Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.1.36
Mukti· LiberationDevotional Progress Is Never Lost
“While enjoying his material opulences with full strength and influence, Mahārāja Priyavrata once began to consider that although he had fully surrendered to the great saint Nārada and was actually on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he had somehow become again entangled in material activities. Thus his mind now became restless, and he began to speak in a spirit of renunciation.”
What the purport teaches
- Engagement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a permanent asset. Even if immature understanding interrupts one’s progress, that progress can become manifest again.
- Priyavrata’s desire to serve Kṛṣṇa reawakened by the grace of his spiritual master, Nārada. Offering obeisances and carefully following the spiritual master’s directions help a student advance.
- Both wealth and poverty are creations of the modes of material nature. Material opulence did not free Priyavrata from material influence or satisfy his desire for spiritual life.
Try this today
Spend five minutes today returning to a devotional practice you have neglected.
Ask yourself
What devotional practice could I resume, trusting that my earlier effort has not been lost?
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.