Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.48.11
Ūti· What drives us to actSeek More Than Mundane Pleasure
“Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord of all lords, is ordinarily difficult to approach. One who has properly worshiped Him and then chooses the benediction of mundane sense gratification is certainly of poor intelligence, for he is satisfied with an insignificant result.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Viṣṇu is the Supreme Lord of all lords and is ordinarily difficult to approach. Worshiping Him and then choosing mundane sense gratification means accepting an insignificant result.
- The ācāryas explain Trivakrā’s conduct on two levels: she is a liberated soul associating directly with the Lord, yet her conduct also teaches what not to seek from Kṛṣṇa.
- The Lord’s pastimes are both blissful and instructive. Trivakrā’s purity and her cautionary example do not contradict each other, since they belong to distinct levels.
Try this today
Offer one prayer today asking for service to Kṛṣṇa rather than a material reward.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, or mainly asking Him for temporary pleasure?
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.