Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.85.47
Ūti· What drives us to actExalted Position Does Not Prevent Improper Conduct
“The Supreme Lord said: During the age of the first Manu, the sage Marīci had six sons by his wife Ūrnā. They were all exalted demigods, but once they laughed at Lord Brahmā when they saw him preparing to have sex with his own daughter.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord describes six sons born to the sage Marīci and his wife Ūrnā during the age of the first Manu.
- These six sons were all exalted demigods.
- Yet they laughed at Lord Brahmā when they saw him preparing to have sex with his own daughter. Their exalted position did not prevent this response.
Try this today
Pause before laughing at someone’s troubling conduct today.
Ask yourself
Do you sometimes assume that a respected position guarantees careful conduct?
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.