Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.30.34
Ūti· What drives us to actKṛṣṇa Consciousness Protects Spiritual Progress
“Having gone through all the miserable, hellish conditions and having passed in a regular order through the lowest forms of animal life prior to human birth, and having thus been purged of his sins, one is reborn again as a human being on this earth.”
What the purport teaches
- After suffering hellish conditions and passing through lower animal forms, a person is purged of sins and returns to human birth. The purport compares this release to a prisoner being freed after punishment.
- A person who practices yoga but falls short of perfection is given another human birth in a rich or pious family. This provides another opportunity for self-realization.
- The purport therefore urges one to take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the first-class yoga system. Even if this practice remains incomplete, it protects one from hellish life and assures another human birth.
Try this today
Spend five minutes today studying this teaching with the intention of advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Ask yourself
How does the protection offered by Kṛṣṇa consciousness encourage me to continue despite imperfections?
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.