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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.16.59

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Worship Keśava with a Good Spirit

“O most fortunate lady, establishing your mind in a good spirit, execute this process of payo-vrata and thus worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Keśava, who is inexhaustible.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.16.59, translation

What the purport teaches

  • One should establish the mind in a good spirit while undertaking payo-vrata.
  • The process is meant for worshiping Keśava, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Keśava is inexhaustible. The instruction directs both one's mind and one's worship toward Him.

Try this today

Before worship today, pause briefly and turn your attention toward serving Keśava with a good spirit.

Ask yourself

What spirit am I bringing to my worship today?

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.

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