Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.32.19
Ūti· What drives us to actChoose the Nectar of the Lord’s Activities
“Such persons are condemned by the supreme order of the Lord. Because they are averse to the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are compared to stool-eating hogs. They give up hearing the transcendental activities of the Lord and indulge in hearing of the abominable activities of materialistic persons.”
What the purport teaches
- Everyone has an inclination to hear about others’ activities. Materialistic persons direct this interest toward politicians, wealthy people or imaginary characters rather than genuine spiritual knowledge.
- The verse compares rejecting the Lord’s activities for degrading material accounts to a hog preferring stool over fine food. This strong comparison exposes a distorted taste.
- The message of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s activities is nectar. The purport urges us to value that message rather than accounts of hellish activities.
Try this today
Replace five minutes of materialistic reading with five minutes of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Ask yourself
What do my reading and listening choices reveal about the taste I am developing?
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.