Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.19.15
Mukti· LiberationTransfer Your Attachment to Kṛṣṇa
“Therefore, O Lord, O Transcendence, kindly help us by giving us the power to execute bhakti-yoga so that we can control our restless minds and fix them upon You. We are all infected by Your illusory energy; therefore we are very attached to the body, which is full of stool and urine, and to anything related with the body. Except for devotional service, there is no way to give up this attachment. Therefore kindly bestow upon us this benediction.”
What the purport teaches
- The perfect yoga system means always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, engaging in devotional service, worshiping Him and offering Him obeisances.
- Attachment to the body and bodily relationships is very difficult to give up. The prayer asks the Lord for strength to practice bhakti-yoga and fix the restless mind upon Him.
- The perfection of yoga is to transfer our attachment from the body and material enjoyment to Kṛṣṇa. Through this devotional service, we follow the path of liberation.
Try this today
Offer obeisances to Kṛṣṇa today and ask Him for strength to fix your mind upon Him.
Ask yourself
Which attachment could I begin redirecting toward Kṛṣṇa through devotional service?
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.