Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.3.18
Mukti· LiberationRemember Kṛṣṇa With Faith and Love
“My Lord, those who are completely freed from material contamination always meditate upon You within the cores of their hearts. You are extremely difficult to attain for those like me who are too attached to mental concoction, home, relatives, friends, money, servants and assistants. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, uncontaminated by the modes of nature. You are the reservoir of all enlightenment, the supreme controller. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You.”
What the purport teaches
- Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears within the material world, He remains unaffected by the modes of material nature. His humanlike appearance does not make Him an ordinary person.
- Those too attached to home, wealth, relatives and mental concoction find Him difficult to attain. Liberated souls constantly meditate upon Him within their hearts.
- The greatest yogī always thinks of Kṛṣṇa with great faith and worships Him in transcendental loving service.
Try this today
Set aside one quiet minute to think of Kṛṣṇa and offer Him respectful obeisances.
Ask yourself
Which attachment most often draws my mind away from remembering Kṛṣṇa?
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.