Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.25.6
Ūti· What drives us to actDevotee Association Reveals Life’s True Goal
“Those who are interested only in a so-called dutiful life — namely remaining as a householder entangled by sons and a wife and searching after wealth — think that such things are life’s ultimate goal. Such people simply wander in different types of bodies throughout this material existence without finding out the ultimate goal of life.”
What the purport teaches
- Those who consider family, wealth and home the ultimate goal remain entangled in material existence. Excessive attachment turns their duties into kūṭa-dharma, or pseudo duties.
- Living entities wander through different bodies and planets. By the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, contact with a devotee can make their lives successful.
- The King was fortunate to receive Nārada’s association and spiritual knowledge. Saintly persons should follow Nārada by teaching the goal of life and helping others escape fruitive entanglement.
Try this today
Make time today to hear a devotee’s instruction about the goal of life.
Ask yourself
Do I treat family and wealth as life’s ultimate goal, or make room 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.