Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.64.13
Ūti· What drives us to actGive Honestly Acquired, Valuable Gifts
“Young, brown, milk-laden cows, who were well-behaved, beautiful and endowed with good qualities, who were all acquired honestly, and who had gilded horns, silver-plated hooves and decorations of fine ornamental cloths and garlands — such were the cows, along with their calves, that I gave in charity.”
What the purport teaches
- The cows Nṛga gave were all honestly acquired. They were young, brown, milk-laden, and endowed with good qualities.
- The cows were well-behaved and beautiful, with gilded horns and silver-plated hooves.
- Nṛga decorated them with fine cloths and garlands. He gave the cows together with their calves.
Try this today
Choose one useful item you honestly own and prepare it carefully as a gift.
Ask yourself
Do I give things that are honestly mine and genuinely useful to the recipient?
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.