Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.8.10
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutySeek the Lord’s Favor While Helping Others
“Even though one is in the renounced order, one who is advanced certainly feels compassion for suffering living entities. One should certainly neglect his own personal interests, although they may be very important, to protect one who has surrendered.”
What the purport teaches
- The translation describes the compassion of advanced persons, who set aside personal interests to protect someone who has taken shelter.
- The purport warns that māyā can mislead us through welfare work limited to bodily comfort. Material happiness and distress come according to karma.
- Real benefit lies in raising people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, so everyone may advance spiritually by the Lord’s grace. We should never abandon our interest in attaining Lord Viṣṇu’s favor.
Try this today
Share one teaching about Kṛṣṇa consciousness with someone willing to hear, while keeping your own devotional practice.
Ask yourself
How can my efforts to help others also support their Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
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.