Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.3.7
Ūti· What drives us to actAttachment to Power Divides Families
“For the sake of conquering me, materialistic persons fight one another. Fathers oppose their sons, and brothers fight one another, because their hearts are bound to possessing political power.
What the purport teaches
- Materialistic persons fight one another for the sake of conquering the earth.
- This struggle sets fathers against sons and brothers against one another.
- Their hearts are bound by the desire to possess political power.
Try this today
In one family interaction today, refrain from insisting on control merely to have your own way.
Ask yourself
Is my desire to have control creating conflict with someone close to me?
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.