Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.49.27
Ūti· What drives us to actAttachment Keeps Wisdom From Taking Root
“Even so, gentle Akrūra, because my unsteady heart is prejudiced by affection for my sons, these pleasing words of yours cannot remain fixed there, just as lightning cannot remain fixed in a cloud.”
What the purport teaches
- Dhṛtarāṣṭra admits that his heart is unsteady. His affection for his sons makes him prejudiced.
- Although Akrūra's words are pleasing, they cannot remain fixed in that unsettled heart.
- Dhṛtarāṣṭra compares this to lightning that cannot remain fixed in a cloud. He recognizes that hearing good counsel has not made it steady within him.
Try this today
Write down one piece of good advice you tend to forget, and name the attachment that makes it difficult to follow.
Ask yourself
What attachment makes it difficult for me to hold firmly to good advice?
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.