Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.2.26
Ūti· What drives us to actDevotion Goes Beyond Material Marriage Calculations
“Ajāmila said: Alas, being a servant of my senses, how degraded I became! I fell down from my position as a duly qualified brāhmaṇa and begot children in the womb of a prostitute.”
What the purport teaches
- Ajāmila lamented that serving his uncontrolled senses had destroyed his qualifications as a brāhmaṇa.
- The purport describes Vedic marriage arrangements that examine compatibility according to the three qualities of material nature. These are material calculations.
- When both prospective spouses are devotees, such considerations are not necessary. A devotee is transcendental, and a marriage between devotees forms a very happy combination.
Try this today
Write down one way you can give devotional service priority over satisfying an uncontrolled sense today.
Ask yourself
How much importance do I give to devotion compared with material qualifications?
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.