Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.5.14
Ūti· What drives us to actSee Everything in Relation to the Lord
“Whatever you desire to describe that is separate in vision from the Lord simply reacts, with different forms, names and results, to agitate the mind, as the wind agitates a boat which has no resting place.”
What the purport teaches
- Descriptions that separate things from the Lord agitate the mind. Like a boat driven by wind, such a mind finds no resting place.
- The Supreme Lord is like the root of a tree or the stomach of a body. Serving Him nourishes the whole, just as watering the root nourishes the tree.
- Competing objects of worship can leave people uncertain about the path of self-realization. The Bhāgavatam directs us toward our eternal relationship with the Personality of Godhead through devotional service in transcendental love.
Try this today
Before one activity today, pause and consider how to perform it in relation to the Lord’s service.
Ask yourself
What helps me fix my mind on serving the Lord when different aims pull me in different directions?
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.