Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.40.26
Ūti· What drives us to actDo Not Chase a Mirage
“Just as a fool overlooks a body of water covered by the vegetation growing in it and chases a mirage, so I have turned away from You.”
What the purport teaches
- The verse compares turning away from the Lord to overlooking a real body of water.
- The water is covered by vegetation growing in it. The fool overlooks it and instead pursues a mirage.
- The prayer admits this same mistake: turning away from the Lord while pursuing what cannot satisfy.
Try this today
Pause one pursuit that feels like chasing a mirage and spend that moment turning your attention toward the Lord.
Ask yourself
What am I chasing that resembles a mirage rather than real water?
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.