Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.51.45
Ūti· What drives us to actWe Are Meant to Love the Lord
“Śrī Mucukunda said: O Lord, the people of this world, both men and women, are bewildered by Your illusory energy. Unaware of their real benefit, they do not worship You but instead seek happiness by entangling themselves in family affairs, which are actually sources of misery.”
What the purport teaches
- Bewildered by the Lord’s illusory energy, people fail to see their real benefit. Instead of worshiping Him, they seek happiness through entanglement in family affairs.
- Mucukunda makes clear that he will not ask for material blessings. He has advanced beyond trying to exploit religion for material benefits.
- We should not ruin our spiritual chances by focusing on valueless things and becoming entangled in bodily relationships. We are meant to love the Lord.
Try this today
Offer one prayer today for love of the Lord rather than for a material benefit.
Ask yourself
Where am I treating material benefits as more valuable than love for the Lord?
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.