Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.25.55
Ūti· What drives us to actTrue Shelter Lies Beyond Mental Security
“Sometimes he used to go to his private home with one of his chief servants [the mind], who was named Viṣūcīna. At that time, illusion, satisfaction and happiness used to be produced from his wife and children.”
What the purport teaches
- Viṣūcīna represents the mind, whose activities are thinking, feeling and willing. Under goodness, passion and darkness, the living entity experiences happiness, satisfaction through enjoyment and bewilderment.
- Society, friendship and family cannot protect us from birth, death, old age and disease. Feeling completely secure in them makes us forget our real business: going back home, back to Godhead.
- The three modes of material nature are difficult to overcome. By surrendering completely at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, one can cross beyond their entanglement.
Try this today
Take one quiet minute today to pray to Kṛṣṇa for help in surrendering to Him.
Ask yourself
Am I expecting material relationships to provide protection that only surrender to Kṛṣṇa can give?
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.