Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.68.28
Ūti· What drives us to actPower Can Feed Exaggerated Pride
“How would even Indra dare usurp anything that Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Arjuna or the other Kurus have not given him? It would be like a lamb claiming the lion’s kill.”
What the purport teaches
- The Kurus claimed that even Indra would not dare take anything they had not given him.
- They named Bhīṣma, Droṇa and Arjuna among those whose authority, they claimed, could not be challenged.
- They compared such a challenge to a lamb claiming a lion’s kill. Their words expressed great confidence in their own power.
Try this today
In one conversation today, explain your view without invoking your status or influential connections.
Ask yourself
Do I rely on powerful connections to make my wishes seem beyond question?
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.