Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.63.41
Ūti· What drives us to actUse Human Life for Devotional Service
“One who has attained this human form of life as a gift from God, yet who fails to control his senses and honor Your feet, is surely to be pitied, for he is only cheating himself.”
What the purport teaches
- The human form of life is a gift from God. It offers an opportunity to control the senses and honor the Lord’s feet.
- One who leaves the senses uncontrolled and fails to honor the Lord is cheating himself. Śiva describes such a person as pitiable.
- Śiva condemns the refusal to engage in devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Human life should not be spent neglecting that service.
Try this today
Set aside one optional sense pleasure today and use those few minutes to offer a prayer to the Lord.
Ask yourself
Am I using the gift of human life to honor the Lord, or allowing my senses to direct me?
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.