Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.2.10
Ūti· What drives us to actDistress From Weather, Conflict, and Anxiety
“The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease and severe anxiety.”
What the purport teaches
- Citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow.
- Quarrels, hunger and thirst will add to their distress.
- Disease and severe anxiety will further torment them.
Try this today
Avoid adding to someone's distress today by stepping back from one unnecessary quarrel.
Ask yourself
How can remembering these forms of suffering make me more considerate toward others?
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.