Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.4.38
Ūti· What drives us to actPractice Sense Control From the Beginning
“As a disease, if initially neglected, becomes acute and impossible to cure, or as the senses, if not controlled at first, are impossible to control later, an enemy, if neglected in the beginning, later becomes insurmountable.”
What the purport teaches
- A disease neglected at first can become acute and impossible to cure.
- The verse similarly warns that senses left uncontrolled at first become impossible to control later.
- It compares these dangers to an enemy who, after gaining strength, becomes insurmountable.
Try this today
Choose one unnecessary sense indulgence and refrain from it once today.
Ask yourself
Which sense habit needs attention before it becomes stronger?
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.