Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.32.16
Ūti· What drives us to actFaithful Duties Can Still Bind
“Persons who are too addicted to this material world execute their prescribed duties very nicely and with great faith. They daily perform all such prescribed duties with attachment to the fruitive result.”
What the purport teaches
- Materially attached people may perform prescribed duties carefully and with great faith. Yet they remain attached to the results.
- Vedic sacrifices, rituals and daily regulations can elevate those seeking material enjoyment to heavenly planets. Such attachment does not bring liberation.
- Worshiping demigods as separate Gods does not elevate one to the spiritual world. Neither does attachment to duties performed simply to improve material conditions.
Try this today
Identify one duty you perform today and write down the result you feel most attached to.
Ask yourself
Am I measuring the value of my duties only by the material results they bring?
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.