Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.18.50
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyPurification Culminates in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
“After eating, you should not go out to the street without having washed your mouth, hands and feet. You should not go out in the evening or with your hair loose, nor should you go out unless you are properly decorated with ornaments. You should not leave the house unless you are very grave and are sufficiently covered.”
What the purport teaches
- Diti was instructed to wash her mouth, hands, and feet after eating before going outside. Her vow also regulated when and how she could leave the house.
- Kaśyapa Muni advised her to go out well dressed, properly adorned, sufficiently covered, and grave. The purport presents these methods as means of purification.
- The purport concludes that one who takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness is fully purified. Such a person remains transcendental to the contamination of the material world.
Try this today
After a meal today, wash your mouth, hands, and feet, remembering the importance of purification.
Ask yourself
Do I remember Kṛṣṇa consciousness as the purpose beyond outward cleanliness?
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.