Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.4.20
Visarga· Brahmā's creationMeet Setbacks With Disciplined Effort
“But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that he was not properly generating all kinds of living entities, he approached a mountain near the Vindhya mountain range, and there he executed very difficult austerities.”
What the purport teaches
- Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that he was not properly generating all kinds of living entities.
- He then approached a mountain near the Vindhya mountain range.
- There he performed very difficult austerities. His response to insufficient results was to undertake serious discipline.
Try this today
Identify one task that is not progressing and give it a short period of focused effort without distractions.
Ask yourself
When my efforts fall short, am I willing to recognize the difficulty and become more disciplined?
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.