Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.13.25
Ūti· What drives us to actUse Human Life to Return to Godhead
“In the course of the evolutionary process, which is caused by fruitive activities due to undesirable material sense gratification, I have received this human form of life, which can lead to the heavenly planets, to liberation, to the lower species, or to rebirth among human beings.”
What the purport teaches
- Human life is an opportunity for elevation or degradation. One can seek heavenly happiness, prepare for liberation, or again enter lower forms of life.
- Material existence brings hard labor, exhaustion, disappointment, fear and death. Apavarga means liberation from these sufferings and restoration of one's spiritual life.
- Our association with goodness, passion and ignorance shapes the body we receive next. Kṛṣṇa is the supreme controller behind material nature, and surrender to Him frees one from its control.
Try this today
Reserve five minutes today to study this purport with the aim of understanding surrender to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Are my daily choices preparing me for continued material existence or for returning to Godhead?
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.