Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.31.27
Ūti· What drives us to actCarefully Protect Your Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
“In his helpless condition, gnats, mosquitoes, bugs and other germs bite the baby, whose skin is tender, just as smaller worms bite a big worm. The child, deprived of his wisdom, cries bitterly.”
What the purport teaches
- Biting insects torment the helpless child’s tender skin, and he cries bitterly. His spiritual knowledge from the womb has already been lost under māyā.
- Disturbing circumstances can cause a person to forget spiritually uplifting knowledge. The child no longer remembers his earlier thoughts about salvation.
- Both children and elderly people should carefully protect their Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Avoiding unfavorable circumstances helps them remember their prime duty.
Try this today
Identify one circumstance that distracts you from Kṛṣṇa, and avoid it during a short period of remembrance today.
Ask yourself
Which circumstances most often make me forget my Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
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.