Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.28.9
Ūti· What drives us to actDo Not Forget Life’s Spiritual Aim
“The objects of enjoyment became stale by the influence of Kālakanyā. Due to the continuance of his lusty desires, King Purañjana became very poor in everything. Thus he did not understand the aim of life. He was still very affectionate toward his wife and children, and he worried about maintaining them.”
What the purport teaches
- Under Kālakanyā’s influence, Purañjana’s objects of enjoyment become stale, but his lusty desires continue. He remains concerned with maintaining his wife and children.
- The purport warns that absorption in maintaining the body, home and family can leave a person confused about spiritual life and the goal of human life.
- A civilization centered on sense gratification thinks only of this life. Although the next life is a fact, it provides no information about it.
Try this today
Set aside five minutes from household or bodily concerns today to study the spiritual aim of human life.
Ask yourself
Do my daily concerns leave room to understand spiritual life and the next life?
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.