Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.18.31
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutySettlements Served Many Practical Needs
“In this way the King founded many types of villages, settlements and towns and built forts, residences for cowherdsmen, stables for the animals, places for the royal camps, mining places, agricultural towns and mountain villages.”
What the purport teaches
- King Pṛthu founded different types of villages, settlements and towns. He also built forts and places for royal camps.
- He established residences for cowherdsmen and stables for animals. The arrangements included places for both people and animals.
- He established mining places, agricultural towns and mountain villages. His settlements served a variety of activities and locations.
Try this today
Identify one place in your community that supports farming, animal care or people's daily work.
Ask yourself
How does this range of settlements help me appreciate the practical needs of a community?
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.