Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.60.15
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyThe Lord’s Opulences Are Eternal
“Marriage and friendship are proper between two people who are equal in terms of their wealth, birth, influence, physical appearance and capacity for good progeny, but never between a superior and an inferior.”
What the purport teaches
- Marriage and friendship are described as proper between people of equal status. People of unequal qualities may relate as master and servant or teacher and student.
- In marriage, the couple should also have a similar capacity to produce good offspring.
- Kṛṣṇa presents Himself as materially unqualified, but He lives in pure spiritual existence. His opulences are eternal, not of the flimsy mundane sort.
Try this today
Pause today to remember that Kṛṣṇa’s opulences are spiritual and eternal, unlike material possessions.
Ask yourself
Am I trying to understand Kṛṣṇa by temporary material standards?
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.