Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.64.23
Ūti· What drives us to actPiety and Sin Have Their Results
“[Yamarāja said:] My dear King, do you wish to experience the results of your sins first, or those of your piety? Indeed, I see no end to the dutiful charity you have performed, or to your consequent enjoyment in the radiant heavenly planets.”
What the purport teaches
- Yamarāja asks the King whether he wishes to experience the results of his sins or his piety first.
- Yamarāja sees no end to the dutiful charity the King has performed.
- That charity brings enjoyment in the radiant heavenly planets. Yet the King also has sinful reactions to experience.
Try this today
Take a moment today to honestly review one helpful action and one harmful action of your own.
Ask yourself
Do I notice both my helpful actions and the wrongs I still need to acknowledge?
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.