Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.9.7
Nirodha· Winding upThe Twins Are Entrusted to Care
“Thereafter, the brāhmaṇa’s younger wife, after entrusting her twin children — the boy and girl — to the elder wife, departed for Patiloka, voluntarily dying with her husband.”
What the purport teaches
- After the brāhmaṇa’s death, his younger wife entrusted her twin children to his elder wife.
- The twins were a boy and a girl, and responsibility for their care passed to the elder wife.
- The verse then records that the younger wife voluntarily died with her husband and departed for Patiloka.
Try this today
Check on one practical need of someone in your care today.
Ask yourself
How carefully do I attend to the needs of those entrusted to my care?
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.