Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.10.24
Ūti· What drives us to actPiety Brings Heavenly Splendor
“Having achieved the heavenly planets, the performer of ritualistic sacrifices travels in a glowing airplane, which he obtains as the result of his piety on earth. Being glorified by songs sung by the Gandharvas and dressed in wonderfully charming clothes, he enjoys life surrounded by heavenly goddesses.”
What the purport teaches
- The performer of ritualistic sacrifices reaches the heavenly planets and travels in a glowing airplane.
- This airplane is obtained through pious activities performed on earth.
- The enjoyer wears wonderfully charming clothes, hears the Gandharvas sing his praises and lives surrounded by heavenly goddesses.
Try this today
Identify one attraction in the verse and note that it is described as an earned reward of pious activity.
Ask yourself
Which attracts me most in this description: comfort, beauty or being praised?
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.