Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.10.26
Ūti· What drives us to actTime Ends Heavenly Enjoyment
“Until his pious results are used up, the performer of sacrifice enjoys life in the heavenly planets. When the pious results are exhausted, however, he falls down from the pleasure gardens of heaven, being moved against his desire by the force of eternal time.”
What the purport teaches
- The performer of sacrifice enjoys heaven only as long as his accumulated pious results remain.
- When those results are exhausted, he falls from the heavenly pleasure gardens.
- Eternal time moves him downward against his desire. Wanting to remain cannot preserve his heavenly position.
Try this today
Write down one temporary comfort and reflect briefly that desire alone cannot protect it from time.
Ask yourself
What temporary enjoyment am I hoping to preserve simply because I do not want it to end?
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.