Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.12.6
Mukti· LiberationPure Devotees Seek Only the Lord’s Service
“Pure devotees or great saintly persons who desire to achieve the highest goal in life and who are completely free from all material desires for sense gratification engage constantly in the transcendental service of Your lotus feet.”
What the purport teaches
- Material life rests on the thoughts “I am this body” and “everything related to my body is mine.” Saintly devotees give up this attachment and serve the Lord without personal desires for sense gratification.
- In this life or the next, a pure devotee’s only concern is serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Material gain and sense gratification are not the goal.
- Real liberation means taking shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet, not becoming one with Him. The pure devotee is interested only in loving service to the Lord.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer today asking only for shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet and the opportunity to serve Him.
Ask yourself
Where do expectations of personal gain enter your desire to serve 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.