Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.14.3
Ūti· What drives us to actRestore Our Loving Relation With the Lord
“He saw that the direction of eternal time had changed, and this was very fearful. There were disruptions in the seasonal regularities. The people in general had become very greedy, angry and deceitful. And he saw that they were adopting foul means of livelihood.”
What the purport teaches
- When civilization loses its loving relation with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, seasonal disruptions, greed, anger, fraud and improper livelihoods become widespread.
- Without a higher objective, a person may regard this short earthly life as everything and become greedy for wealth and power. Improper livelihood includes departing from one’s prescribed duty.
- Ignorance causes these disturbances in society. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam distributes light like a powerful sun to remove that ignorance.
Try this today
Read this purport again and write down one teaching that challenges a material ambition.
Ask yourself
Where might greed for wealth or power be distracting me from a higher objective?
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.