Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.66.6
Ūti· What drives us to actSeek Mercy, Not Imitation
“O Sātvata, give up my personal symbols, which out of foolishness You now carry, and come to me for shelter. If You do not, then You must give me battle.”
What the purport teaches
- Pauṇḍraka demanded that Kṛṣṇa give up His symbols and seek his shelter, or else fight him.
- According to Sarasvatī’s inspiration, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī reads these words as an admission that Pauṇḍraka had foolishly assumed an imitation conchshell, disc, lotus and club.
- Their deeper meaning is a request for Kṛṣṇa to mercifully remove those imitation symbols and grant Pauṇḍraka liberation by killing him in battle.
Try this today
Ask Kṛṣṇa for help giving up the desire to imitate Him.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, or trying to imitate His position?
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.