Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.7.6
Ūti· What drives us to actAsk Why Souls Suffer Despite Divine Presence
“The Lord, as the Supersoul, is situated in every living being’s heart. Why then do the living entities’ activities result in misfortune and misery?”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord is present as the Supersoul in every living being’s heart. Vidura asks why living entities nevertheless experience misery and misfortune.
- The body is compared to a fruitful tree with two birds. The individual soul eats its fruit, while the Lord witnesses that soul’s activities.
- The Lord is the father, protector and maintainer of every living entity. Vidura brings the apparent difficulty of suffering before Maitreya for a solution.
Try this today
Write down one honest question about suffering, without rushing to supply an answer.
Ask yourself
What question about suffering would I like to bring forward for 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.