Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.20.39
Visarga· Brahmā's creationRejection Followed by Care and Opportunity
“Although encouraged by the demigods to maintain the child, Mamatā considered him useless because of his illicit birth, and therefore she left him. Consequently, the demigods known as the Maruts maintained the child, and when Mahārāja Bharata was disappointed for want of a child, this child was given to him as his son.”
What the purport teaches
- Although the demigods encouraged Mamatā to maintain the child, she considered him useless because of his illicit birth and left him.
- The Maruts maintained the child. They later gave him as a son to Mahārāja Bharata, who was disappointed for want of a child.
- Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that those rejected from the higher planetary system are given a chance to take birth in the most exalted families on earth.
Try this today
Offer one small act of practical help to someone who has been overlooked or left without support.
Ask yourself
How can I respond with care when someone has been rejected by others?
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.