Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.4.27
Ūti· What drives us to actDepend on Kṛṣṇa Through Life’s Reverses
“Persons with the vision of differentiation are imbued with the material qualities lamentation, jubilation, fear, envy, greed, illusion and madness. They are influenced by the immediate cause, which they are busy counteracting, because they have no knowledge of the remote, supreme cause, the Personality of Godhead.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes. Without connection with Him, one becomes disturbed by immediate causes and sees things as separate from His control.
- A devotee understands distress as a reaction to past misdeeds, greatly reduced by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Depending fully on the Lord, a devotee tolerates difficulties and sees nothing as unconnected with Him. Such dependence keeps material lamentation, jubilation and fear from disturbing the devotee.
Try this today
When a small difficulty arises today, pause and pray to Kṛṣṇa for strength to tolerate it while depending on Him.
Ask yourself
How could dependence on Kṛṣṇa change my response to a present difficulty?
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.