Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.45.22
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyTrue Parenthood Means Loving Care
“They are the real father and mother who care for, as they would their own sons, children abandoned by relatives unable to maintain and protect them.”
What the purport teaches
- Real fatherhood and motherhood are shown by caring for children as one’s own.
- The verse speaks of children abandoned by relatives unable to maintain and protect them.
- Those who provide such children with loving maintenance and protection are their real father and mother.
Try this today
Offer one small, practical help to someone caring for a child, such as providing a meal or a needed item.
Ask yourself
How does this verse deepen your understanding of what makes someone a parent?
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.