Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.89.24
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyUncontrolled Leadership Brings Suffering
“Citizens serving such a wicked king, who takes pleasure in violence and cannot control his senses, are doomed to suffer poverty and constant misery.”
What the purport teaches
- The brāhmaṇa describes a wicked ruler as someone who takes pleasure in violence.
- He also condemns a ruler who cannot control his senses.
- He says that citizens serving such a king suffer poverty and constant misery. His warning connects a ruler’s conduct with the citizens’ suffering.
Try this today
Before one decision affecting someone else today, pause and check whether an uncontrolled desire is driving it.
Ask yourself
How might my lack of self-control cause difficulty for those affected by my decisions?
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.