Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.2.41
Mukti· LiberationUse Your Work in the Lord’s Service
“Every conditioned soul receives a different type of body according to his work, and when the engagement is finished the body is finished. Although the spirit soul is situated in subtle and gross material bodies in different forms of life, he is not bound by them, for he is always understood to be completely different from the manifested body.”
What the purport teaches
- A living entity receives a particular body according to his own karma and the laws of nature. God is not responsible for his accepting these different bodies.
- The soul remains different from the body, yet becomes subject to the modes of nature through his association with them. Spiritual education changes his consciousness so that he follows the Supreme Lord’s orders.
- The Lord’s directions in Bhagavad-gītā teach us to apply our activities to His service. By surrendering to Him, we can become free from repeated birth and death and return home, back to Godhead.
Try this today
Choose one task today and consciously undertake it as service to the Lord, seeking to follow His directions.
Ask yourself
How can I apply my ordinary work to the service of the Lord?
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.