Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.1.34
Mukti· LiberationReturning to Godhead Ends Material Rebirth
“Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira inquired: What kind of great curse could affect even liberated viṣṇu-bhaktas, and what sort of person could curse even the Lord’s associates? For unflinching devotees of the Lord to fall again to this material world is impossible. I cannot believe this.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira could not believe that unflinching devotees could fall again into material existence. He asked what curse could affect the Lord’s liberated associates.
- The Lord states that one purified of material contamination who returns to Him does not return to this material world. This assurance explains Yudhiṣṭhira’s surprise.
- One who truly knows the transcendental nature of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance and activities attains His eternal abode after leaving the body. Such a person does not take material birth again.
Try this today
Reread Kṛṣṇa’s assurance in the purport and write down one question you would like to understand better.
Ask yourself
How does Kṛṣṇa’s assurance strengthen my desire to understand His appearance and activities?
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.