Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.14.25
Ūti· What drives us to actOpulence Cannot Satisfy Every Longing
“As a person aggrieved by hunger and thirst is not pleased by the external gratification of flower garlands or sandalwood pulp, I am not pleased with my empire, opulence or possessions, which are desirable even for great demigods, because I have no son.”
What the purport teaches
- Citraketu possessed an empire, opulence and possessions desirable even to great demigods.
- Yet these things gave him no pleasure because he had no son.
- He compared himself to a hungry and thirsty person who cannot be satisfied by flower garlands or sandalwood pulp.
Try this today
Identify one dissatisfaction today and write down why an unrelated comfort would not resolve it.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking outward comforts while leaving the actual cause of my dissatisfaction unexamined?
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.