Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.10.1
Ūti· What drives us to actEffort Alone Did Not Bring Nectar
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, the demons and Daityas all engaged with full attention and effort in churning the ocean, but because they were not devotees of Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, they were not able to drink the nectar.”
What the purport teaches
- The demons and Daityas churned the ocean with full attention and effort.
- Yet they were unable to drink the nectar because they were not devotees of Vāsudeva.
- Vāsudeva is Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The verse draws attention to devotion, not effort alone.
Try this today
Before one task today, pause and remember Kṛṣṇa, making devotion your aim.
Ask yourself
Am I giving attention to devotion, as well as to the results 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.