Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.24.53
Mukti· LiberationAccept the Lord as Your Supreme Teacher
“O Supreme Lord, for self-realization I surrender unto You, who are worshiped by the demigods as the supreme controller of everything. By Your instructions, exposing life’s purpose, kindly cut the knot from the core of my heart and let me know the destination of my life.”
What the purport teaches
- King Satyavrata surrenders to the Supreme Lord for self-realization. He asks the Lord’s instructions to cut the knots in his heart and reveal life’s destination.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead gives full directions in Bhagavad-gītā about living in this world and returning home, back to Godhead.
- To understand Bhagavad-gītā, one should learn from a guru in the paramparā system, approaching with submission, questions and service. Following Arjuna, one should accept Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy.
Try this today
Read one instruction from Bhagavad-gītā and write down one sincere question about applying it.
Ask yourself
How can I approach spiritual instruction with greater sincerity and willingness to serve?
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.