Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.20.23
Ūti· What drives us to actFalse Theories Break Vedic Boundaries
“When Indra sent forth his rains, the floodwaters broke through the irrigation dikes in the agricultural fields, just as in the Kali-yuga the atheists’ false theories break down the boundaries of Vedic injunctions.”
What the purport teaches
- When Indra sent rain, floodwaters broke through the irrigation dikes in agricultural fields.
- The verse compares these broken dikes to the breakdown of the boundaries established by Vedic injunctions.
- In Kali-yuga, the atheists’ false theories cause this breakdown, just as floodwaters breach the dikes.
Try this today
Reread the verse and write one sentence explaining its comparison between dikes and Vedic injunctions.
Ask yourself
Am I allowing an unexamined theory to weaken my respect for Vedic guidance?
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.