Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.32.18
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyTrue Well-Wishers Serve Without Return
“My dear slender-waisted gopīs, some people are genuinely merciful or, like parents, naturally affectionate. Such persons, who devotedly serve even those who fail to reciprocate with them, are following the true, faultless path of religion, and they are true well-wishers.”
What the purport teaches
- Some people are genuinely merciful, while others, like parents, are naturally affectionate.
- Such people devotedly serve even those who fail to reciprocate. Their care does not depend on receiving affection back.
- Kṛṣṇa calls them true well-wishers. They follow the true, faultless path of religion.
Try this today
Offer one small act of help today without expecting thanks or repayment.
Ask yourself
How can I become a more genuine well-wisher without making kindness depend on a return?
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.