Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.40.27
Ūti· What drives us to actAdmitting the Mind’s Restlessness
“My intelligence is so crippled that I cannot find the strength to curb my mind, which is disturbed by material desires and activities and constantly dragged here and there by my obstinate senses.”
What the purport teaches
- The prayer acknowledges intelligence so crippled that it cannot find the strength to curb the mind.
- Material desires and activities disturb the mind.
- Obstinate senses constantly drag the mind here and there, making restraint difficult.
Try this today
When your mind is pulled toward a distraction today, pause and name the desire disturbing it.
Ask yourself
Which desire or sense demand most often drags my mind away?
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.