Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.19.18
Ūti· What drives us to actLong Enjoyment Does Not Exhaust Desire
“I have spent a full one thousand years enjoying sense gratification, yet my desire to enjoy such pleasure increases daily.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Yayāti says that he has spent a full one thousand years enjoying sense gratification.
- Despite this long enjoyment, his desire for such pleasure increases daily.
- The purport explains that he is speaking from actual experience about the strength of sexual desires, even in old age.
Try this today
Write down one example from your life where repeated enjoyment increased your wish for more.
Ask yourself
What does my own experience show about whether repeated enjoyment ends desire?
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.