Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.25.15
Ūti· What drives us to actIgnorance Covers Consciousness
“When the mode of ignorance conquers passion and goodness, it covers one’s consciousness and makes one foolish and dull. Falling into lamentation and illusion, a person in the mode of ignorance sleeps excessively, indulges in false hopes, and displays violence toward others.”
What the purport teaches
- When ignorance overcomes passion and goodness, it covers consciousness and makes a person foolish and dull.
- Lamentation and illusion accompany this condition, along with excessive sleep and false hopes.
- Violence toward others is also a symptom of the mode of ignorance.
Try this today
Examine one hope today and honestly ask whether it rests on illusion.
Ask yourself
Am I holding on to a false hope that keeps me in illusion?
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.