Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.6.30
Ūti· What drives us to actSpiritual Enjoyment Surpasses Material Pleasure
“All these atmospheric influences unsettled the forest elephants who flocked together in the sandalwood forest, and the blowing wind agitated the minds of the damsels there for further sexual enjoyment.”
What the purport teaches
- A pleasant material atmosphere can awaken sexual desire in materialistic minds. This tendency exists on earth and in the higher planetary systems.
- The spiritual world has far greater beauty and better surroundings, yet its inhabitants’ minds are not agitated. They are absorbed in chanting the glories of the Lord.
- Their spiritual enjoyment cannot be surpassed by material pleasure. In the presence of this higher enjoyment, sexual pleasure becomes insignificant.
Try this today
Spend five minutes chanting the Lord’s glories, gently returning your attention whenever it wanders.
Ask yourself
How can I give more attention to the pleasure of chanting the Lord’s glories?
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.