Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.7.31
Ūti· What drives us to actModes and Work Shape Material Life
“Please also describe the imperfections and contradictions of the faithless atheists, the situation of crossbreeding, and the movements of the living entities in various species of life according to their particular modes of nature and work.”
What the purport teaches
- The verse asks about the imperfections and contradictions of faithless atheistic paths. The purport explains that these philosophies deny God's existence and do not agree with one another.
- The purport calls the combination of living entities in different modes of material nature crossbreeding.
- Different species of life show varieties of mixtures of the modes of material nature. The verse asks how living entities move among species according to their modes and work.
Try this today
Notice one action today and briefly reflect on the material tendencies influencing it.
Ask yourself
How does this teaching invite me to consider the influence of material nature on my actions?
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.