Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.54.16
Ūti· What drives us to actJarāsandha Hopes for Favorable Time
“Now our enemies have conquered because time favors them, but in the future, when time is auspicious for us, we shall conquer.”
What the purport teaches
- Jarāsandha attributes his enemies' present victory to time favoring them.
- He expects that time will become auspicious for his own side in the future.
- His claim that they will then conquer expresses his hope for a reversal, not a victory already achieved.
Try this today
Identify one hoped-for outcome today and acknowledge that you cannot guarantee when circumstances will favor it.
Ask yourself
When you imagine a future success, can you distinguish your hope from what is certain?
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.