Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.20.32
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyLeadership Provides for Others’ Needs
“Mahārāja Bharata provided all necessities for his subjects, both on this earth and in the heavenly planets, for twenty-seven thousand years. He circulated his orders and distributed his soldiers in all directions.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Bharata provided all necessities for his subjects.
- His provision extended both to this earth and to the heavenly planets for twenty-seven thousand years.
- He circulated his orders and distributed his soldiers in all directions. The verse describes the wide reach of his administration.
Try this today
Check whether someone in your care needs a basic necessity, and help provide it today.
Ask yourself
Whose needs deserve your attention within the responsibilities you already have?
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.