Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.12.2
Mukti· LiberationSpiritual Instructions Heal Bodily Pride
“O best of the brāhmaṇas, my body is filled with dirty things, and my vision has been bitten by the serpent of pride. Due to my material conceptions, I am diseased. Your nectarean instructions are the proper medicine for one suffering from such a fever, and they are cooling waters for one scorched by the heat.”
What the purport teaches
- The conditioned soul identifies with a body composed of bones, blood, urine, stool and other material ingredients. Even intelligent people mistake this combination for themselves.
- Rahūgaṇa recognizes that pride has distorted his vision and that material conceptions are like a disease.
- Jaḍa Bharata’s instructions are valuable medicine for this condition. Vedic instructions are like nectar and cooling water for someone suffering from scorching heat.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly today and identify one bodily conception you need help overcoming.
Ask yourself
Where does pride in my body or position distort my understanding?
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.