Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.7.14
Ūti· What drives us to actChoose Guidance That Leads to Kṛṣṇa
“Leaders who have fallen into ignorance and who mislead people by directing them to the path of destruction [as described in the previous verse] are, in effect, boarding a stone boat, and so too are those who blindly follow them. A stone boat would be unable to float and would sink in the water with its passengers. Similarly, those who mislead people go to hell, and their followers go with them.”
What the purport teaches
- False leaders and their blind followers are like passengers in a stone boat: they sink together.
- The human body is a good boat for crossing the ocean of ignorance. The spiritual master is its captain, and Vedic instructions are favorable winds.
- Bhagavad-gītā gives direct instructions for fulfilling human life’s aim. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, teaches surrender to Him, and Kṛṣṇa consciousness fulfills the human mission.
Try this today
Read the instruction to surrender to Kṛṣṇa quoted in this purport, and spend a minute reflecting on it.
Ask yourself
Does the guidance I follow help me understand God and the aim of human life?
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.