Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.2.29
Ūti· What drives us to actRegulated Living Supports Transcendental Knowledge
“Those who vow to worship Lord Śiva are so foolish that they imitate him by keeping long hair on their heads. When initiated into worship of Lord Śiva, they prefer to live on wine, flesh and other such things.”
What the purport teaches
- The verse criticizes foolish imitation of Lord Śiva through outward appearance and living on wine, flesh and similar things.
- The purport lists intoxication, meat eating and neglect of daily bathing among habits of unregulated living. Such behavior leaves one devoid of transcendental knowledge.
- The purport also describes certain methods of Śiva worship that use wine or intoxicating palm juice. These descriptions do not make indulgence a substitute for transcendental knowledge.
Try this today
Make time for a bath today as one concrete act of personal cleanliness.
Ask yourself
Which of my daily habits supports cleanliness and a regulated life?
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.