Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.44.7
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyUnfair Violence Should Not Be Entertainment
“[The women said:] Alas, what a greatly irreligious act the members of this royal assembly are committing! As the King watches this fight between the strong and the weak, they also want to see it.”
What the purport teaches
- The women condemned the assembly’s desire to watch the unequal fight as greatly irreligious.
- Even if the King wanted to see such a match, the respectable members of the assembly should not also desire to watch it.
- The purport calls indignation at unfair violence natural. Compassionate women are especially offended by such violence.
Try this today
Decline to watch or share something today that presents unfair violence as entertainment.
Ask yourself
Do I ever treat another person’s unfair suffering as entertainment?
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.