Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.18.36
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyDevoted Service Receives a Promise
“My dear gentle wife, because you have worshiped me with great devotion, considering me a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I shall reward you by fulfilling your desires, which are unobtainable for an unchaste wife.”
What the purport teaches
- The husband acknowledges that his wife has worshiped him with great devotion.
- She has served him while considering him a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- He promises to fulfill her desires as a reward, describing this reward as unobtainable for an unchaste wife.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly and identify the devotional attitude for which the wife is praised.
Ask yourself
What place does sincere devotion have in the way I serve?
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.