Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.28.23
Nirodha· Winding upActions and Desires Continue After Death
“When the Yavanas were taking King Purañjana away to their place, binding him like an animal, the King’s followers became greatly aggrieved. While they lamented, they were forced to go along with him.”
What the purport teaches
- Purañjana's followers were forced to accompany him as the Yavanas took him away. The purport explains that the life air and senses accompany the departing living entity.
- The gross body, made of earth, water, air, fire and ether, is left behind. The living entity's desires and the reactions to past activities continue.
- Every living entity is responsible for his activities. Yamarāja decides the next body in accordance with those past actions.
Try this today
Before one important action today, pause and consider the responsibility you bear for its consequences.
Ask yourself
How would remembering that my actions have lasting consequences change a choice I am making?
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.