Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.68.3
Ūti· What drives us to actThe Kurus Claim Superiority
“Arrest this ill-behaved Sāmba! What will the Vṛṣṇis do? By our grace they are ruling land that we have granted them.”
What the purport teaches
- The Kurus demanded that Sāmba be arrested for his ill behavior.
- Their question, “What will the Vṛṣṇis do?” expressed their confidence that the Vṛṣṇis could not effectively oppose them.
- They claimed that the Vṛṣṇis ruled land only by their grace, because they had granted it to them.
Try this today
Offer one small kindness today without reminding the recipient of anything you have done before.
Ask yourself
Do I ever use help I have given as a reason to feel superior?
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.