Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.88.11
Ūti· What drives us to actOpulence Can Lead to Pride and Neglect
“Because I am difficult to worship, people generally avoid Me and instead worship other deities, who are quickly satisfied. When people receive kingly opulences from these deities, they become arrogant, intoxicated with pride and neglectful of their duties. They dare to offend even the demigods who have bestowed benedictions upon them.”
What the purport teaches
- People generally avoid worshiping Kṛṣṇa because He is difficult to worship. Instead, they approach deities who are quickly satisfied.
- Receiving kingly opulences can make people arrogant, intoxicated with pride and neglectful of their duties.
- Such pride can lead them to offend even the demigods who gave them their benedictions. Material gain should not replace devotion to the Supreme Lord.
Try this today
Choose one duty you might otherwise neglect today, and carry it out without seeking praise.
Ask yourself
Do I seek quick rewards more eagerly than the opportunity to serve Kṛṣṇa?
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.