Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.14.39
Ūti· What drives us to actNeglected Principles Can Bring Widespread Suffering
“O haughty one, you will have two contemptuous sons born of your condemned womb. Unlucky woman, they will cause constant lamentation to all the three worlds!”
What the purport teaches
- Kaśyapa foretold that Diti would have two contemptuous sons. They would cause constant lamentation throughout the three worlds.
- The purport explains that Kaśyapa could foresee their character. It connects this prediction with Diti’s transgression of scriptural laws under the force of sexual desire.
- The purport warns that deliberate neglect of religious regulation affects children and society. Its emphasis is on taking the responsibilities of parenthood seriously.
Try this today
Before one consequential choice today, pause and consider how it could affect others.
Ask yourself
How might neglecting a principle today affect people beyond myself?
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.