Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.22.16
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesFollow Scriptural Guidance in Marriage
“Let your daughter’s desire for marriage, which is recognized in the Vedic scriptures, be fulfilled. Who would not accept her hand? She is so beautiful that by her bodily luster alone she excels the beauty of her ornaments.”
What the purport teaches
- Kardama Muni wanted Devahūti's desire for marriage fulfilled in the manner recognized by Vedic scriptures.
- He praised her natural beauty, saying that her bodily luster surpassed the beauty of her ornaments.
- The purport describes offering a daughter to a suitable son-in-law as a pious household activity. It also explains that some marriage customs of former ages are forbidden in the present age.
Try this today
Reread the purport and identify one distinction it makes between former marriage customs and present guidance.
Ask yourself
Do I distinguish scriptural guidance for the present age from customs described from the past?
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.