Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.3.4
Ūti· What drives us to actTurn the Senses Toward Loving Service
“The Supersoul enters the material bodies of the created beings, activates the mind and senses, and thus causes the conditioned souls to approach the three modes of material nature for sense gratification.”
What the purport teaches
- The one Supersoul enters material bodies and activates the mind and senses. Through these faculties, conditioned souls engage with the modes of material nature.
- Forgetting their loving relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, souls develop illicit desires and become bound to the bitter results of fruitive activities. When love of Godhead awakens, all sensory activities can be engaged in His service.
- The Supersoul knows everyone’s heart. When a sincere soul aspires for spiritual perfection, the Lord frees that soul from material bondage and awakens the desire to serve Him.
Try this today
Offer a brief, sincere prayer asking the Lord to awaken your desire to use your senses in His service.
Ask yourself
Where do I expect to be served rather than seek to serve the Lord?
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.