Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.22.23
Mukti· LiberationThe Lord Accepts Sincere Devotion
“By offering even water, newly grown grass, or flower buds at Your lotus feet, those who maintain no mental duplicity can achieve the most exalted position within the spiritual world. This Bali Mahārāja, without duplicity, has now offered everything in the three worlds. How then can he deserve to suffer from arrest?”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead kindly accepts even a little water, a flower, a fruit or a leaf offered with devotion and without duplicity.
- Such sincere worship can bring the devotee to Vaikuṇṭha, the spiritual world. The offering need not be materially grand.
- Brahmā requested the Lord to release Bali Mahārāja from the ropes of Varuṇa. Bali Mahārāja had sincerely offered everything he possessed, including the three worlds.
Try this today
Offer a little water to the Lord today with a simple, sincere prayer.
Ask yourself
Am I offering to the Lord sincerely, without a hidden motive?
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.