Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.13.7
Visarga· Brahmā's creationReceive Care and Offer Service
“You are the father of all living entities and the source of their subsistence because they are all born of you. Please order us how we may be able to render service unto you.”
What the purport teaches
- The speaker acknowledges his father as the source of birth and subsistence, then asks how to serve him.
- A father’s duty is to bring up his son until the son is grown.
- A grown son’s duty is not merely to receive support but to render service to his father. The purport describes this as the law of creation beginning from Brahmā.
Try this today
Identify one small, practical way to serve your father today, and carry it out if possible.
Ask yourself
Do I think only of the support I receive, or also of the service I can offer?
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.