Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.16.58
Ūti· What drives us to actFreedom Requires the Lord’s Mercy
“O Supreme Personality of Godhead, among all the species within Your material creation, we serpents are by nature always enraged. Being thus deluded by Your illusory energy, which is very difficult to give up, how can we possibly give it up on our own?”
What the purport teaches
- Kāliya admitted that serpents are by nature absorbed in anger and deluded by the Lord’s illusory energy.
- He indirectly begged for mercy, realizing that he could never free himself from illusion and suffering on his own.
- Only by surrendering to the Lord and obtaining His mercy can one be released from the painful conditions of material life.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer asking the Supreme Personality of Godhead for mercy and help in surrendering to Him.
Ask yourself
Where do you need to acknowledge your dependence on the Lord’s mercy?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.