Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.23.10
Mukti· LiberationSeeing the Lord Frees From Bondage
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead assured Prahlāda Mahārāja: You shall be able to see Me there in My usual feature with conchshell, disc, club and lotus in My hand. Because of your transcendental bliss due to always personally seeing Me, you will have no further bondage to fruitive activities.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord assured Prahlāda Mahārāja that he would always see Him with conchshell, disc, club and lotus. The transcendental bliss of seeing Him would end bondage to fruitive activities.
- Attachment to fruitive activities leads one to accept another material body. This repeated birth and death is called saṁsāra-bandhana.
- To stop this bondage, a devotee is advised to see the Supreme Lord constantly. The kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, or beginner devotee, is therefore advised to visit the temple daily and regularly see the Lord’s form.
Try this today
If possible, visit a temple today and spend a few attentive moments seeing the Lord’s form.
Ask yourself
How can I make regularly seeing the Lord’s form part of my devotional life?
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.