Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.51.46
Ūti· What drives us to actUse Human Life for God Consciousness
“That person has an impure mind who, despite having somehow or other automatically obtained the rare and highly evolved human form of life, does not worship Your lotus feet. Like an animal that has fallen into a blind well, such a person has fallen into the darkness of a material home.”
What the purport teaches
- The rare human form is a gift of God, not something we constructed ourselves. It should be used to achieve the perfection of God consciousness.
- Our real home is eternal, in the spiritual kingdom. Death will remove us from our material affairs despite our determination to remain.
- Staying at home and caring for loved ones are not bad. But neglecting worship of the Lord’s lotus feet shows dull, mundane understanding.
Try this today
Set aside two minutes at home today to worship the Lord, remembering that human life is His gift.
Ask yourself
How can I care for my loved ones while remembering the true purpose of human life?
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.