Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.13.25
Nirodha· Winding upUse Your Remaining Time for Ultimate Good
“Despite your unwillingness to die and your desire to live even at the cost of honor and prestige, your miserly body will certainly dwindle and deteriorate like an old garment.”
What the purport teaches
- The body must dwindle like an old garment, however strongly one wishes to keep living. Vidura urged Dhṛtarāṣṭra to prepare for death rather than live at any cost.
- A kṛpaṇa, or miserly person, misunderstands the value of the body and spends its strength on sense gratification. A brāhmaṇa has a true understanding of himself and the material body.
- Human life is meant for ending the miseries of material existence. Instruction from a self-realized soul helps us use our remaining days for the ultimate good.
Try this today
Replace five minutes of sense enjoyment today with study of this instruction on life’s ultimate good.
Ask yourself
What would it mean to use your remaining time generously rather than miserly?
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.