Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.43.33
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyPleasing the King in Thought, Word, Deed
“Subjects of the King who try to please him with their thoughts, acts and words are sure to achieve good fortune, but those who fail to do so will suffer the opposite fate.”
What the purport teaches
- The speaker says that subjects who please the King are sure to achieve good fortune.
- This effort includes thoughts, acts and words, not outward actions alone.
- Those who fail to please the King are said to face the opposite fate. This statement presents the speaker’s appeal to royal authority.
Try this today
Choose one responsibility today and give it attentive thought, respectful words and careful action.
Ask yourself
How closely do my thoughts, words and actions agree?
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.