Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.4.43
Mukti· LiberationDevotional Service Leads to Highest Perfection
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O most fortunate Prācetasa, because of your great faith in Me, you have attained the supreme devotional ecstasy. Indeed, because of your austerities, combined with exalted devotion, your life is now successful. You have achieved complete perfection.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord said that Prācetasa’s great faith in Him had brought him to supreme devotional ecstasy.
- His austerities, combined with exalted devotion, had made his life successful. The Lord declared that he had achieved complete perfection.
- The highest perfection is to attain the Supreme Personality of Godhead and never return to this temporary world of miseries. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement teaches the path to this perfection through devotional service.
Try this today
Set aside five minutes today specifically for devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, remembering it as the path to life’s highest perfection.
Ask yourself
How can I make devotional service, rather than austerity alone, the purpose of my effort?
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.