Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.25.26
Ūti· What drives us to actWork Under the Lord’s Guidance
“A worker free of attachment is in the mode of goodness, a worker blinded by personal desire is in the mode of passion, and a worker who has completely forgotten how to tell right from wrong is in the mode of ignorance. But a worker who has taken shelter of Me is understood to be transcendental to the modes of nature.”
What the purport teaches
- A worker free from attachment is in goodness, while a worker blinded by personal desire is in passion.
- A worker who has forgotten how to distinguish right from wrong is in ignorance.
- A transcendental worker follows the directions of Lord Kṛṣṇa and His bona fide representatives. Taking shelter of this guidance keeps the worker beyond the material modes.
Try this today
Before one task today, recall a direction of Lord Kṛṣṇa you have learned and consciously follow it.
Ask yourself
Am I letting personal desire or the Lord’s guidance direct my work?
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.