Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.68.27
Ūti· What drives us to actPride Turns Favors Into Claims
“No longer should the Yadus be allowed to use these royal symbols, which now cause trouble for those who gave them, like milk fed to poisonous snakes. Having prospered by our grace, these Yādavas have now lost all shame and are daring to command us!”
What the purport teaches
- The Kurus wanted to stop the Yadus from using royal symbols.
- They compared those symbols to milk fed to poisonous snakes, claiming that their gifts now harmed the givers.
- They insisted that the Yādavas had prospered by their grace and called them shameless for daring to give commands. These were the Kurus’ accusations, not an impartial judgment.
Try this today
Recall one favor you have done, and refrain today from using it to demand your own way.
Ask yourself
Do I expect obedience from people because I have helped them?
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.