Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.14.38
Ūti· What drives us to actDo Not Abandon Sincere Well-Wishers
“Women are very easily seduced by men. Therefore, polluted women give up the friendship of a man who is their well-wisher and establish false friendship among fools. Indeed, they seek newer and newer friends, one after another.”
What the purport teaches
- Urvaśī describes women who establish false friendship and then seek new male companions, one after another.
- The purport emphasizes that this search can lead someone to give up the company of a sincere well-wisher.
- Citing the Manu-saṁhitā, the purport prescribes a woman's protection by her father, husband or elderly son rather than unrestricted association with men.
Try this today
Thank one sincere well-wisher today for a specific way they have cared for you.
Ask yourself
Does the attraction of new company ever make you overlook a sincere well-wisher?
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.