Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.32.19
Ūti· What drives us to actDifferent Reasons for Not Reciprocating
“Then there are those individuals who are spiritually self-satisfied, materially fulfilled or by nature ungrateful or simply envious of superiors. Such persons will not love even those who love them, what to speak of those who are inimical.”
What the purport teaches
- Some spiritually self-satisfied people do not reciprocate affection because they want to avoid entanglement in mundane dealings.
- Others are materially fulfilled and uninterested in new material opportunities. Still others fail to reciprocate through ingratitude, envy or arrogance.
- These people do not return even the affection of those who love them. Kṛṣṇa patiently explains these different reasons to the gopīs.
Try this today
Identify one kindness you have left unacknowledged and offer a simple, sincere thank-you.
Ask yourself
When I fail to return kindness, could ingratitude or arrogance be influencing me?
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.