Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.4.33
Ūti· What drives us to actThe Wounded Flee to Preserve Life
“While being pierced by your arrows, which you discharged on all sides, some of them, who were injured by the multitude of arrows but who desired to live, fled the battlefield, intent on escaping.”
What the purport teaches
- Arrows were discharged on all sides, injuring some of those fighting.
- Those who fled desired to live despite their wounds.
- They gave up the battlefield and became intent on escaping.
Try this today
Reread the verse once, paying particular attention to the words “desired to live.”
Ask yourself
How does noticing the desire to live change my view of those who fled?
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.