Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.28.55
Ūti· What drives us to actTake Kṛṣṇa’s Invitation Seriously
“My dear friend, you are now My very same friend. Since you left Me, you have become more and more materialistic, and not seeing Me, you have been traveling in different forms throughout this material world, which was created by some woman.”
What the purport teaches
- The woman in this description represents prakṛti, the Lord’s external energy. The material world becomes the conditioned soul’s so-called home.
- The living entity wanders through different bodily forms like someone occupying different apartments. Attachment to sense gratification keeps him entangled in material suffering.
- Kṛṣṇa personally, or through His representative, invites living entities to return home, back to Godhead. Meeting Him or His representative is the living entity’s good fortune.
Try this today
Put aside one sensory distraction and spend a few minutes reading Kṛṣṇa’s instructions.
Ask yourself
What attachment makes it difficult for me to take Kṛṣṇa’s instructions seriously?
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.