Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.32.20
Ūti· What drives us to actFruitive Rewards Lead Back to Repetition
“Such materialistic persons are allowed to go to the planet called Pitṛloka by the southern course of the sun, but they again come back to this planet and take birth in their own families, beginning again the same fruitive activities from birth to the end of life.”
What the purport teaches
- Materialistic persons reach Pitṛloka by the southern course of the sun. Their elevation is temporary, and they return to this planet.
- Strong attachment brings them back to the same families. They take birth and begin fruitive activities again.
- Prescribed rituals extend from birth to the end of life. Attachment to these activities keeps the pattern of rising and returning going.
Try this today
Write down one reward you seek and consider whether it would end your material striving or merely restart it.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking rewards that would simply lead me back to the same attachments?
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.