Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.14.5
Ūti· What drives us to actDo Not Become Accustomed to Degradation
“In course of time it came to pass that people in general became accustomed to greed, anger, pride, etc. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, observing all these omens, spoke to his younger brother.”
What the purport teaches
- People gradually became accustomed to greed, anger, pride and other irreligious habits.
- The pious Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was deeply disturbed by greed, anger, irreligiosity and hypocrisy spreading through society.
- Such symptoms had been unknown to the people of that time. Their appearance with Kali-yuga, the age of quarrel, was astonishing.
Try this today
Notice one impulse of greed or anger today and pause rather than act on it.
Ask yourself
Have I begun to treat any habit of greed, anger or hypocrisy as normal?
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.