Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.60.48
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyUnfaithful Desire Undermines Good Fortune
“The mind of a promiscuous woman always hankers for new lovers, even if she is married. An intelligent man should not keep such an unchaste wife, for if he does he will lose his good fortune both in this life and the next.”
What the purport teaches
- Rukmiṇī describes an unchaste woman whose mind seeks new lovers even after marriage.
- Marriage alone does not stop a mind that continually hankers for someone new.
- She warns that a man who maintains such an unfaithful wife loses good fortune both in this life and the next.
Try this today
Identify one commitment you have made and take one small action today that honors it.
Ask yourself
Where might a craving for novelty weaken my faithfulness to a commitment?
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.