Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.1.38
Mukti· LiberationPlace Kṛṣṇa Within the Heart
“By the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mahārāja Priyavrata reawakened to his senses. He divided all his earthly possessions among his obedient sons. He gave up everything, including his wife, with whom he had enjoyed so much sense gratification, and his great and opulent kingdom, and he completely renounced all attachment. His heart, having been cleansed, became a place of pastimes for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he was able to return to the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, spiritual life, and resume the position he had attained by the grace of the great saint Nārada.”
What the purport teaches
- Our hearts are meant for the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When the heart is cleansed, the blazing fire of material existence is extinguished.
- Simply declaring the material world false does not free one from attachment. Fixing the Lord’s lotus feet within the heart gives the strength to leave material entanglement.
- By the Lord’s grace, Priyavrata relinquished his attachments and peacefully resumed Nārada’s instructions. The goal is not wealth, beauty or followers, but causeless devotional service birth after birth.
Try this today
Spend one quiet minute thinking of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet and praying for devotional service rather than material gain.
Ask yourself
What attachment distracts my heart from thinking of Kṛṣṇa and serving Him?
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.