Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.14.30
Ūti· What drives us to actLustful Association Deepens Suffering and Bondage
“Of all kinds of suffering and bondage arising from various attachments, none is greater than the suffering and bondage arising from attachment to women and intimate contact with those attached to women.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord warns that attachment to women and intimate association with those attached to women bring especially severe suffering and bondage.
- A person may guard against intimate contact with lusty women yet become careless around lusty men. Their mentality can influence ordinary social dealings, making such association especially dangerous.
- Material lust robs a person of gravity, intelligence and direction in life. Giving up lustful intimate association therefore requires great endeavor.
Try this today
Step away from one conversation or social exchange today that encourages lust.
Ask yourself
Do I overlook conversations or company that strengthen lustful thinking?
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.