Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.7.55
Ūti· What drives us to actDo Not Naively Trust the Future
“Naively trusting in the future, they carried out their acts of resting, sitting, walking, standing, conversing, playing, eating and so forth as a loving couple among the trees of the forest.”
What the purport teaches
- The couple lived together lovingly among the trees of the forest.
- They shared ordinary activities such as resting, walking, conversing, playing and eating.
- Throughout these activities, they naively trusted in the future. Their comfortable routine carried an unexamined sense of security.
Try this today
Pause during one familiar routine today and acknowledge that the future is not guaranteed.
Ask yourself
Where do I assume that my present comforts will continue unchanged?
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.