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Devotional Service Fully Satisfies Kṛṣṇa

“The revealed scriptures conclude that one should give up fruitive activity, speculative knowledge and the mystic yoga system and instead take to devotional service, by which Kṛṣṇa can be fully satisfied.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.136, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The revealed scriptures conclude that one should give up fruitive activity, speculative knowledge and the mystic yoga system.
  • Instead, one should take to devotional service.
  • Through devotional service, Kṛṣṇa can be fully satisfied.

Try this today

Before one act of devotional service today, consciously make satisfying Kṛṣṇa your purpose.

Ask yourself

Is my spiritual effort directed toward satisfying Kṛṣṇa?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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