Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.2.30
Ūti· What drives us to actRespect Vedic Guidance and Its Teachers
“Bhṛgu Muni continued: Since you blaspheme the Vedas and the brāhmaṇas, who are followers of the Vedic principles, it is understood that you have already taken shelter of the doctrine of atheism.”
What the purport teaches
- Bhṛgu said that those blaspheming the Vedas had already adopted atheism; his curse was not its beginning. Here nāstika refers to rejecting the Vedas and manufacturing a system of religion.
- The Vedas guide spiritual cultivation, economic development and regulated sense gratification. Their direction leads toward liberation from material contamination and realization of spiritual identity.
- The Vedas are compared to a mother who gives instruction, and knowledgeable brāhmaṇas to a father. Condemning both undermines the spiritual guidance of human civilization.
Try this today
Reread one instruction in this purport and write down its purpose before judging it.
Ask yourself
How can I approach spiritual instruction respectfully rather than dismiss it hastily?
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.