Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.21.33-34
Ūti· What drives us to actChoose the Lord’s Bliss Over Heavenly Dreams
“The worshipers of demigods think, “We shall worship the demigods in this life, and by our sacrifices we shall go to heaven and enjoy there. When that enjoyment is finished we shall return to this world and take birth as great householders in aristocratic families.” Being excessively proud and greedy, such persons are bewildered by the flowery words of the Vedas. They are not attracted to topics about Me, the Supreme Lord.”
What the purport teaches
- Demigod worshipers dream of enjoying heaven and later returning to wealthy, aristocratic families. Pride and greed leave them unattracted to topics about the Supreme Lord.
- Real pleasure is found in the Lord’s transcendental form and His loving pastimes in the spiritual world. These pastimes offer eternal bliss.
- Those who neglect that bliss and dream of becoming like the Lord achieve the opposite result. They continue in the cycle of birth and death.
Try this today
Spend two minutes reading these verses about the Lord rather than dwelling on a desired improvement in wealth or status.
Ask yourself
Do dreams of wealth or status make topics about Kṛṣṇa seem less attractive to me?
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.