Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.24.14
Nirodha· Winding upMaterial Comfort Cannot Prevent Death
“They live very auspiciously and do not fear death from anything but death’s established time, which is the effulgence of the Sudarśana cakra of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
What the purport teaches
- Everything in the subterranean heavens is nicely arranged, without bodily inconveniences or mental anxieties. Nevertheless, the residents must take another birth according to karma.
- A civilization aiming at material comforts cannot remove this defect of material existence. Even the most pleasing living conditions cannot check death.
- Death's established time comes through the effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's Sudarśana cakra. Its influence does not allow material happiness to endure.
Try this today
Spend one minute reflecting that even your most valued material comfort cannot prevent death.
Ask yourself
Am I expecting comfortable circumstances to give me lasting security?
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.