Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.8.18
Ūti· What drives us to actFear Imagines the Deer's Fate
“I do not know, but the deer might have been eaten by a wolf or a dog or by the boars that flock together or the tiger who travels alone.”
What the purport teaches
- Bharata Mahārāja did not know what had happened to the deer. He feared that a forest animal might have eaten it.
- He considered wolves, dogs, boars and a tiger among the possible dangers.
- The purport explains that tigers wander alone, whereas forest boars keep together. Bharata Mahārāja imagined the deer killed by one of the forest's many ferocious animals.
Try this today
For one worry today, name what you actually know and what you are only imagining.
Ask yourself
When you lack information, do you begin imagining fearful outcomes?
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.