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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.5.33

Mukti· Liberation

Make Devotional Service Life’s Aim

“The Savalāśvas took to the correct path, which is obtainable by a mode of life meant to achieve devotional service, or the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Like nights that have gone to the west, they have not returned even until now.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.5.33, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Savalāśvas took to the correct path.
  • This path is obtainable through a way of life aimed at devotional service, or through the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • They had not returned even until the time of this account. The translation compares them to nights that have gone to the west.

Try this today

Choose one small act of devotional service and reserve a definite time for it today.

Ask yourself

How clearly is my daily life aimed at 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.

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