Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.40.25
Ūti· What drives us to actThe Lord Is Our True Beloved
“Thus mistaking the temporary for the eternal, my body for my self, and sources of misery for sources of happiness, I have tried to take pleasure in material dualities. Covered in this way by ignorance, I could not recognize You as the real object of my love.”
What the purport teaches
- Ignorance leads us to mistake the temporary for the eternal and the body for the self.
- It also makes sources of misery seem like sources of happiness, drawing us to seek pleasure in material dualities.
- Covered by this ignorance, we fail to recognize the Lord as the real object of our love.
Try this today
Take a quiet minute to address the Lord: “You are the real object of my love.”
Ask yourself
What temporary pleasure distracts me from recognizing the Lord as my true beloved?
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.