Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.3.17
Ūti· What drives us to actMake Material Assets Glorious Through Service
“Although the six qualities education, austerity, wealth, beauty, youth and heritage are for the highly elevated, one who is proud of possessing them becomes blind, and thus he loses his good sense and cannot appreciate the glories of great personalities.”
What the purport teaches
- Education, austerity, wealth, beauty, youth and heritage can be good qualities, but pride in them destroys good sense.
- When material assets belong to a malicious, envious person, they act adversely. Dakṣa’s pride and envy polluted his qualifications.
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is easily approached by those without material acquisitions. When assets are used in His devotional service, they become glorious.
Try this today
Use one ability or possession in a small act of devotional service today.
Ask yourself
Which of my abilities or possessions could I use in Kṛṣṇa’s service rather than for pride?
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.