Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.68.25
Ūti· What drives us to actDo Not Turn Relationships Into Superiority
“It is because these Vṛṣṇis are bound to us by marital ties that we have granted them equality, allowing them to share our beds, seats and meals. Indeed, it is we who have given them their royal thrones.”
What the purport teaches
- The Kurus acknowledged their marital ties with the Vṛṣṇis.
- They claimed that sharing beds, seats and meals meant they had granted the Vṛṣṇis equality.
- They even claimed to have given the Vṛṣṇis their royal thrones. They presented family closeness as proof of their own higher position.
Try this today
Share a seat or a meal with someone today without reminding them of anything you have done for them.
Ask yourself
Do I use what I have shared with others as a reason to feel superior?
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.