Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.6.25
Mukti· LiberationSeek Loving Service, Not Separate Rewards
“Nothing is unobtainable for devotees who have satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the cause of all causes, the original source of everything. The Lord is the reservoir of unlimited spiritual qualities. For devotees, therefore, who are transcendental to the modes of material nature, what is the use of following the principles of religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, which are all automatically obtainable under the influence of the modes of nature? We devotees always glorify the lotus feet of the Lord, and therefore we need not ask for anything in terms of dharma, kāma, artha and mokṣa.”
What the purport teaches
- Nothing is unobtainable for devotees who have satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation wait to serve them; these need not become separate goals.
- A devotee engaged in transcendental loving service is already beyond the modes of material nature. Such a devotee is satisfied by serving the Lord’s lotus feet and glorifying Him, without asking for other benefits.
- Those fit for devotional service are free from jealousy and the distinction between “mine” and “yours.” They want others, even their enemies, to become devotees.
Try this today
Offer a short prayer glorifying the Lord today without asking for any personal reward.
Ask yourself
Do I seek devotional service for its own sake, or mainly for what I hope to receive?
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.