Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.10.32
Ūti· What drives us to actSee Everything in Relation to Kṛṣṇa
“As long as the living entity thinks that the modes of material nature have separate existences, he will be obliged to take birth in many different forms and will experience varieties of material existence. Therefore, the living entity remains completely dependent on fruitive activities under the modes of nature.”
What the purport teaches
- Forgetfulness of Lord Kṛṣṇa makes one see material varieties as separate states of existence. Attraction to these varieties forces the living entity to experience them in different material bodies.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, is the actual basis of everything. Everything is within Him, and He is within everything.
- A pure devotee sees Kṛṣṇa everywhere and sees the modes of nature as His potency. Unless one gives up the vision of things as separate from Him, one remains caught in fruitive activities.
Try this today
Choose one thing you encounter today and pause to remember that it depends on Kṛṣṇa and His potency.
Ask yourself
What do I tend to see as existing independently of 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.