Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.80.28
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutySpiritual Life Includes Prescribed Duties
“The Supreme Lord said: My dear brāhmaṇa, you know well the ways of dharma. After you offered the gift of remuneration to our guru and returned home from his school, did you marry a compatible wife or not?”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa addressed His friend as one who knew the ways of dharma. He asked whether, after offering remuneration to their guru, he had married a compatible wife.
- The purport explains that āśrama, or spiritual order, is significant. Each person should execute the prescribed duties of student, married, retired or renounced life.
- Seeing His friend poorly dressed but not dressed as a renunciant, Kṛṣṇa inquired whether he was properly married and carrying out household duties.
Try this today
Choose one duty appropriate to your present stage of life and complete it carefully today.
Ask yourself
Which responsibility in my present stage of life needs more faithful attention?
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.