Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.2.14
Ūti· What drives us to actMake Pleasing Kṛṣṇa Life’s Main Purpose
“The demons set fire to the cities, villages, pasturing grounds, cowpens, gardens, agricultural fields and natural forests. They burned the hermitages of the saintly persons, the important mines that produced valuable metals, the residential quarters of the agriculturalists, the mountain villages, and the villages of the cow protectors, the cowherd men. They also burned the government capitals.”
What the purport teaches
- Gardens that produce fruits and flowers are important for human civilization. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, accepts a leaf, flower, fruit or water offered with love and devotion.
- Whatever our occupation, our main purpose should be to please the Supreme Lord. The resources described here are meant for His satisfaction, not merely our senses.
- Society should train everyone to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The highest goal of human life is to please Lord Viṣṇu.
Try this today
Offer Kṛṣṇa a little water or a piece of fruit with love and devotion.
Ask yourself
How could one ordinary activity become an opportunity to please 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.