Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.30.15
Visarga· Brahmā's creationDevotion Includes Faithful Obedience
“Since all of you are very much obedient to My orders, I ask you to immediately marry that girl, who is so well qualified with beauty and good qualities. According to the order of your father, create progeny through her.”
What the purport teaches
- The Pracetās were great devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- They were also very obedient to their father’s orders. The Lord acknowledged their obedience to His own direction.
- The Lord asked them to marry Pramlocā’s daughter without delay. Through this marriage, they were to fulfill their father’s order to create progeny.
Try this today
Take one small step today toward fulfilling a known instruction of the Lord that you have been postponing.
Ask yourself
Am I willing to carry out the Lord’s direction faithfully, without unnecessary delay?
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.