Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.3.26
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyThe Aśvinī-kumāras Receive Permission
“Although the Aśvinī-kumāras were only physicians and were therefore excluded from drinking soma-rasa in sacrifices, the demigods agreed to allow them henceforward to drink it.”
What the purport teaches
- The Aśvinī-kumāras had been excluded from drinking soma-rasa in sacrifices.
- The translation explains that this exclusion was because they were physicians.
- The demigods agreed that henceforward the Aśvinī-kumāras could drink soma-rasa.
Try this today
Write one sentence contrasting their earlier exclusion with their new permission.
Ask yourself
What changed for the Aśvinī-kumāras in this verse?
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.