Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.18.32
Ūti· What drives us to actKaśyapa Offers Diti a Benediction
“Kaśyapa Muni said: O beautiful woman, O irreproachable lady, since I am very much pleased by your behavior, you may ask me for any benediction you want. If a husband is pleased, what desires are difficult for his wife to obtain, either in this world or in the next?”
What the purport teaches
- Kaśyapa Muni addressed Diti affectionately as beautiful and irreproachable.
- Because he was very pleased with her behavior, he invited her to ask for any benediction she wanted.
- He said that when a husband is pleased, his wife’s desires are not difficult to obtain, either in this world or in the next.
Try this today
Write down the one blessing you would most want to ask for, and examine that desire.
Ask yourself
If invited to ask for a benediction, what desire would I reveal?
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.