Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.11.29
Nirodha· Winding upFaithful Service Leads Back to Godhead
“The woman who engages in the service of her husband, following strictly in the footsteps of the goddess of fortune, surely returns home, back to Godhead, with her devotee husband, and lives very happily in the Vaikuṇṭha planets.”
What the purport teaches
- The faithfulness of the goddess of fortune is presented as the ideal for a chaste wife. She should serve her husband with such faithfulness.
- The husband should be an ideal servant of the Lord. By acting together faithfully, husband and wife can return home, back to Godhead, and live happily in Vaikuṇṭha.
- The purport teaches seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead in those one serves, including the husband and spiritual master. Such service is meant to help one become a devotee of the Lord and become Kṛṣṇa conscious.
Try this today
Perform one small act of service today while consciously remembering the Lord.
Ask yourself
How can I keep devotion to the Lord at the heart of my 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.