Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.24.15
Visarga· Brahmā's creationMatch Marriage Through Character and Taste
“Therefore, today please give away your daughters to the foremost of the sages, with due regard for the girls’ temperaments and likings, and thereby spread your fame all over the universe.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmā asked Kardama to give his daughters in marriage to the foremost sages according to their temperaments and likings. The matches were not to be made blindly.
- Character and taste are especially important in marriage. A union based only on sexual attraction neglects the qualities needed for a happy partnership.
- The Vedic system described here prepared men and women through spiritual knowledge before producing children. The spiritual master and the Vedas provide a second, spiritual birth.
Try this today
Write down two qualities of character that matter more than physical attraction in marriage.
Ask yourself
How much importance do I give to character and spiritual understanding when thinking about marriage?
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.