Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.6.5
Mukti· LiberationPursue Life's Goal While You Are Strong
“Therefore, while in material existence [bhavam āśritaḥ], a person fully competent to distinguish wrong from right must endeavor to achieve the highest goal of life as long as the body is stout and strong and is not embarrassed by dwindling.”
What the purport teaches
- A thoughtful person distinguishes right from wrong and pursues the highest goal while the body is strong. Valuable human energy should not be spent only on economic improvement.
- Without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, material life brings anxiety through birth, death, old age, and disease. Social position has no real meaning without devotional service, which everyone can practice.
- We should keep the body, mind, and intelligence healthy and strong. This helps us distinguish life's true goal from a life absorbed in problems.
Try this today
Choose one small act of devotional service and do it today rather than leaving it for old age.
Ask yourself
How can I use the strength and ability I have now for 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.