Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.29.26
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyPetty Affairs Bring Fear and Difficulty
“For a woman from a respectable family, petty adulterous affairs are always condemned. They bar her from heaven, ruin her reputation and bring her difficulty and fear.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa condemns petty adulterous affairs for a woman from a respectable family.
- He says such affairs bar her from heaven and ruin her reputation.
- He also points to their painful consequences: difficulty and fear.
Try this today
Identify one concrete way to honor faithfulness in your relationships today.
Ask yourself
How does remembering the consequences of unfaithfulness help me value faithful conduct?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.