Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.26.23
Ūti· What drives us to actRediscover the Beauty of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
“My dear wife, your teeth are very beautifully set, and your attractive features make you appear very thoughtful. Kindly give up your anger, be merciful upon me, and please smile upon me with loving attachment. When I see a smile on your beautiful face, and when I see your hair, which is as beautiful as the color blue, and see your raised nose and hear your sweet talk, you will become more beautiful to me and thus attract me and oblige me. You are my most respected mistress.”
What the purport teaches
- Attraction to external bodily beauty can make a person an obedient servant of that attraction. The purport warns that such illusory beauty makes one a victim of māyā.
- The body is composed of material ingredients such as flesh and blood. Remembering its actual composition helps expose the illusion of bodily beauty.
- The Queen's beautiful features are compared to the beauty of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the living entity's original consciousness. Returning to that consciousness makes one steady and one's life successful.
Try this today
Set aside one minute today to turn your attention from outward appearance to thoughts of Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Am I giving more attention to external beauty or to reviving my original Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
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.