Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.51.47
Ūti· What drives us to actAdmit Wasted Time and Seek Pure Devotion
“I have wasted all this time, O unconquerable one, becoming more and more intoxicated by my domain and opulence as an earthly king. Misidentifying the mortal body as the self, becoming attached to children, wives, treasury and land, I suffered endless anxiety.”
What the purport teaches
- Mucukunda admits that he wasted time becoming intoxicated by his kingdom and opulence.
- Mistaking his mortal body for the self, he became attached to family, treasury and land, and suffered endless anxiety.
- After condemning the misuse of human life, he honestly includes himself. He wants to use the Lord’s association to become a pure devotee once and for all.
Try this today
In a brief prayer, acknowledge one distraction and ask the Lord for help in becoming a pure devotee.
Ask yourself
What attachment can I honestly acknowledge as distracting me from pure devotional service?
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.