Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.4.13
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyQualification Comes Through Quality and Work
“In addition to these nineteen sons mentioned above, there were eighty-one younger ones, all born of Ṛṣabhadeva and Jayantī. According to the order of their father, they became well-cultured, well-behaved, very pure in their activities and expert in Vedic knowledge and the performance of Vedic rituals. Thus they all became perfectly qualified brāhmaṇas.”
What the purport teaches
- The eighty-one younger sons of Ṛṣabhadeva and Jayantī followed their father’s orders. They became well-behaved, pure in their activities and expert in Vedic knowledge and rituals.
- Although all the sons were kṣatriyas by birth, their roles depended on quality and work. Ten became rulers, while eighty-one became qualified brāhmaṇas.
- Nine became exalted preachers of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The purport places these devotees above the categories of kṣatriya and brāhmaṇa.
Try this today
Choose one action today in which to practice careful, respectful behavior.
Ask yourself
Am I giving more importance to good qualities and conduct than to birth or status?
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.