Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.5.27
Ūti· What drives us to actSuspicion Behind the Charge of False Friendship
“In due course of time, various types of diseases are manifest in those who are sinful. Similarly, in this world there are many deceptive friends in false garbs, but eventually, because of their false behavior, their actual enmity becomes manifest.”
What the purport teaches
- Hiraṇyakaśipu was anxious and dissatisfied about Prahlāda’s education. When Prahlāda spoke about devotional service, he regarded the teachers as enemies disguised as friends.
- His statement describes deceptive friends whose enmity eventually becomes visible through their false behavior.
- The verse compares hidden enmity becoming visible to diseases appearing in due course. The purport discusses disease as a miserable condition of material life and cites smṛti-śāstras linking sinful acts with later bodily suffering.
Try this today
Before accusing someone today, distinguish what they actually did from what you suspect about their motives.
Ask yourself
Do I sometimes suspect others simply because their words conflict with what I want?
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.