Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.60.52
Ūti· What drives us to actWorship for Freedom, Not Temporary Attachment
“Although I have the power to award spiritual liberation, lusty persons worship Me with penance and vows in order to get My blessings for their mundane family life. Such persons are bewildered by My illusory energy.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa has the power to award spiritual liberation.
- Yet lusty persons worship Him with penances and vows simply to obtain blessings for mundane married life.
- The purport calls such persons bewildered: although they know He can free them, they seek to strengthen their useless attachment to temporary things.
Try this today
Review one blessing you have been seeking and pray instead for freedom from the temporary attachment behind it.
Ask yourself
Am I asking the Supreme Lord to free me from attachment or merely make that attachment more comfortable?
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.