Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.62.9
Ūti· What drives us to actArrogance Makes Clear Warnings Seem Welcome
“Thus advised, unintelligent Bāṇāsura was delighted. The fool then went home, O King, to wait for that which Lord Giriśa had predicted: the destruction of his prowess.”
What the purport teaches
- Bāṇāsura is called foolish and unintelligent because he completely misunderstood the situation. Convinced that no one could defeat him, he welcomed the promised battle.
- Although Śiva predicted the breaking of his flag and the destruction of his prowess, Bāṇa did not take the warning seriously.
- The purport compares this blindness to materialistic people absorbed in sense gratification. Though death is approaching, intoxication with enjoyment and family attachment keeps them from recognizing their inevitable destruction.
Try this today
Spend one quiet minute acknowledging that life is temporary and examining one distraction that makes you forget this.
Ask yourself
What attachment might keep me from taking an important warning seriously?
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.