Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 5.39
Family Objections Based on Social Standing
“They unanimously agreed, “If you offer your daughter to a degraded family, your aristocracy will be lost. When people hear of this, they will make jokes and laugh at you.””
What the purport teaches
- The relatives unanimously opposed offering his daughter to a family they called degraded.
- They claimed that such a marriage would cause him to lose his aristocratic standing.
- They warned that people would make jokes and laugh at him when they heard.
Try this today
Identify one decision in which concern about social standing or ridicule is influencing you.
Ask yourself
How much does fear of being laughed at influence your decisions?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.