Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.23.26
Ūti· What drives us to actQuestion the Endless Pursuit of Wealth
“Why must an intelligent man suffer by his constant vain efforts to get wealth? Indeed, this whole world is most bewildered by someone’s illusory potency.”
What the purport teaches
- The speaker questions why an intelligent person should suffer through constant, vain efforts to obtain wealth.
- Repeated efforts to gain wealth can bring suffering rather than a worthwhile result.
- He recognizes that the whole world is deeply bewildered by an illusory potency. Intelligence alone does not make this bewilderment disappear.
Try this today
Pause before one unnecessary money-making effort today and ask whether its result is worth the suffering it brings.
Ask yourself
Is my pursuit of more wealth creating suffering that I have stopped questioning?
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.