Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.75.17
Ūti· What drives us to actConsciousness Shapes Our Response
“As the queens squirted water from syringes at their brothers-in-law and other male companions, their own garments became drenched, revealing their arms, breasts, thighs and waists. In their excitement, the flowers fell from their loosened braids. By these charming pastimes they agitated those with contaminated consciousness.”
What the purport teaches
- The queens playfully squirted water at their brothers-in-law and other male companions, and their own garments became drenched.
- Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that such behavior between pure men and women is enjoyable.
- Those with materially contaminated consciousness became lustful. The verse draws attention to the condition of the observer’s consciousness.
Try this today
While reading this verse today, pause to examine your response and return your attention to its teaching about pure consciousness.
Ask yourself
How does the condition of my consciousness affect what I notice in others?
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.