Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.31.35
Ūti· What drives us to actAttachment Deepens Through Like-Minded Company
“The infatuation and bondage which accrue to a man from attachment to any other object is not as complete as that resulting from attachment to a woman or to the fellowship of men who are fond of women.”
What the purport teaches
- The verse describes a man’s attachment to women as a particularly strong cause of infatuation and material bondage.
- This attachment grows not only through direct association but also through the company of men who are strongly attached to women.
- The purport describes Vedic arrangements for carefully regulating such association. Householder life allows it under restricted conditions, while the other three orders prohibit it.
Try this today
Step away today from one conversation or advertisement that feeds sexual attraction.
Ask yourself
How does the company I keep strengthen attachments that distract me from spiritual understanding?
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.