Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.13.11
Mukti· LiberationSpiritual Life Beyond the Material Body
“The demigods said: Let Mahārāja Nimi live without a material body. Let him live in a spiritual body as a personal associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and, according to his desire, let him be manifest or unmanifest to common materially embodied people.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Nimi did not want another material body. He received the benediction to live in his original spiritual body as an associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- A purely spiritual body is free from both gross and subtle material contamination. It is not a ghostly body, which still consists of material mind, intelligence and ego.
- Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and seeing Him depends on His mercy, not material senses. The path is devotional service, through which one advances in spiritual life.
Try this today
Today, speak Kṛṣṇa’s name with attention and ask for His mercy to advance in devotional service.
Ask yourself
How can remembering that seeing Kṛṣṇa depends on His mercy shape my devotional service?
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.