Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.4.67
Mukti· LiberationLoving Service Is Greater Than Liberation
“My devotees, who are always satisfied to be engaged in My loving service, are not interested even in the four principles of liberation [sālokya, sārūpya, sāmīpya and sārṣṭi], although these are automatically achieved by their service. What then is to be said of such perishable happiness as elevation to the higher planetary systems?”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord’s devotees are fully satisfied in His loving service. They do not desire even the four forms of liberation that their service automatically brings.
- One who develops natural devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is already liberated. There is no need to seek liberation separately.
- Devotees do not seek the perishable happiness of higher planetary systems. Their fulfillment is devotional service itself.
Try this today
Perform one act of devotional service without asking for a material reward.
Ask yourself
Do I seek rewards from devotion, or satisfaction in serving the Lord?
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.