Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.12.14
Visarga· Brahmā's creationFamily Duties and Higher Purposes
“My dear boy, you may now accept all the names and places designated for you and your different wives, and since you are now one of the masters of the living entities, you may increase the population on a large scale.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmā selected Rudra’s wives, living places and names. He asked Rudra, as one of the masters of living entities, to increase the population.
- The purport describes accepting a father’s arrangements as the general course for increasing the population of the world.
- The Kumāras declined their father’s offering because they were elevated beyond generating many sons. For higher purposes, a son may refuse such an order, and a father may refuse to support further population increase.
Try this today
Reflect on one family responsibility today and write down the purpose it serves.
Ask yourself
How can I distinguish an ordinary family expectation from a genuinely higher purpose?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.