Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.14.33
Ūti· What drives us to actRecognizing Fault After Desire Subsides
“O son of the Bharata family, Diti, after this, went nearer to her husband, her face lowered because of her faulty action. She spoke as follows.”
What the purport teaches
- Diti approached her husband with her face lowered because of her faulty action. Her outward posture expressed her shame.
- The purport explains that Diti came to her senses after the act. She now recognized the fault in what she had done.
- Marriage alone does not make sexual activity proper. The purport strongly condemns sexual intercourse when the prescribed regulations are not followed.
Try this today
Privately acknowledge one recent mistake without making excuses for it.
Ask yourself
Is there an action I recognize as wrong now that my immediate desire has passed?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.