Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.18.50
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesDesiring to Become the Lord's Eternal Servant
“Without material desires, Mahārāja Yayāti worshiped the Supreme Lord, who is situated in everyone’s heart as Nārāyaṇa and is invisible to material eyes, although existing everywhere.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Yayāti worshiped the Supreme Lord without material desires.
- The Lord is situated in everyone's heart as Nārāyaṇa. Although He exists everywhere, He is invisible to material eyes.
- Yayāti externally seemed very fond of material enjoyment, but internally he was thinking of becoming an eternal servant of the Lord.
Try this today
Offer a short prayer asking to serve the Lord rather than asking for material enjoyment.
Ask yourself
Is becoming the Lord's servant the inward aim of my worship?
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.