Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.13.22
Mukti· LiberationDevotee Association Removes Pride and Confusion
“It is not at all wonderful that simply by being covered by the dust of your lotus feet, one immediately attains the platform of pure devotional service to Adhokṣaja, which is not available even to great demigods like Brahmā. By associating with you just for a moment, I am now freed from all argument, false prestige and lack of discrimination, which are the roots of entanglement in the material world. Now I am free from all these problems.”
What the purport teaches
- Association with pure devotees frees one from material bondage. Through Jaḍa Bharata’s association, King Rahūgaṇa was immediately freed from his misgivings.
- Rahūgaṇa says that even a moment of this association removed false arguments, false prestige and lack of discrimination. These are roots of material entanglement.
- The teachings of pure devotees can enlighten even a slow learner with spiritual knowledge. Their association opens the way to pure devotional service to Adhokṣaja.
Try this today
Read one instruction from a pure devotee today with a willingness to be corrected.
Ask yourself
What pride or habit of arguing makes it harder for me to receive spiritual instruction?
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.