Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.13.28
Ūti· What drives us to actRemember Your Eternal Relationship With Kṛṣṇa
“In this way the conditioned soul living within the body forgets his self-interest because he identifies himself with the body. Because the body is material, his natural tendency is to be attracted by the varieties of the material world. Thus the living entity suffers the miseries of material existence.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is always happy, and the living entities, His parts and parcels, are also happy by nature. Each has an affectionate, eternal relationship with Him.
- Identifying the body as the self makes us forget our true identity and spiritual self-interest. We then become attracted to the varieties of the material world.
- This bodily misconception exposes us to the troubles of birth, death, old age and disease. It continues until we understand our relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Pause once today and reflect: “I am not this body; I am a part of Kṛṣṇa and have an eternal relationship with Him.”
Ask yourself
When do I most easily forget that I am a spiritual being related to Kṛṣṇa?
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.