Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.9.7
Ūti· What drives us to actCompassion Leads Others Toward Devotional Service
“O my Lord, persons who are bereft of the all-auspicious performance of chanting and hearing about Your transcendental activities are certainly unfortunate and are also bereft of good sense. They engage in inauspicious activities, enjoying sense gratification for a very little while.”
What the purport teaches
- Chanting and hearing the Lord’s glories and pastimes are all-auspicious. They can bring freedom from the cares and anxieties of material existence.
- Those who turn away pursue sense pleasure that lasts only briefly. The purport connects their misfortune with offenses committed for sense gratification.
- Pure devotees take compassion on such people and try to guide them toward devotional service. Their grace makes elevation to transcendental service possible.
Try this today
Gently invite someone to join you for a brief reading about the Lord, without pressuring them.
Ask yourself
How can I respond compassionately to someone who has little interest in hearing about the Lord?
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.