Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.5.28
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyHappiness Includes the Welfare of Loved Ones
“When one’s friends and relatives are properly situated, one’s religion, economic development and sense gratification, as described in the Vedic literatures, are beneficial. Otherwise, if one’s friends and relatives are in distress, these three cannot offer any happiness.”
What the purport teaches
- Religion, economic development and sense gratification are beneficial when one’s friends and relatives are properly situated.
- If friends and relatives are in distress, these three aims cannot offer happiness.
- Vasudeva was unhappy because, although he had a wife and children, he could not properly discharge his duty of maintaining them.
Try this today
Ask one friend or relative whether they need help with a practical difficulty today.
Ask yourself
Am I overlooking a loved one’s distress while pursuing my own comfort or success?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.