Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.36 – Tue 21 June 2016 - Although Svāyambhuva Manu, the ruler of this material world, appeared to be absorbed in material happiness, he was neither in the mode of goodness nor in the modes of passion or ignorance, but in the transcendental stage. Therefore one who fully engages in devotional service is always liberated.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.33 – Sat 18 June 2016 -The Vedic principles are designed in such a way that the conditioned souls who have come to this material existence may be guided in fulfilling their material desires and at the same time be liberated and go back to Godhead, back home. It is understood that Emperor Svāyambhuva Manu enjoyed his household life by following these principles.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.32 – Fri 17 June 2016 - We cannot stop the miseries of the material atmosphere, but Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the antiseptic method to protect us from being affected by the miseries of material existence. For a Kṛṣṇa conscious person, both living in heaven and living in hell are equal.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.31 – Thu 16 June 2016 - No one can achieve wealth, opulence, good birth, a beautiful body or nice education without the mercy of the Supreme Lord. Therefore, those who are in possession of such valuable facilities must acknowledge their gratefulness to the Lord by worshiping Him and offering what they have received from Him. When such acknowledgment is given, either by a family, nation or society, their abode becomes almost like Vaikuṇṭha, and it becomes free from the operation of the threefold miseries of this material world.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.29-30 – Wed 15 June 2016 - Barhiṣmatī, the capital of Svāyambhuva Manu, was exalted not because the city was very rich in wealth and opulence, but because the hairs of Lord Varāha fell at this very spot. These hairs of the Lord later grew as green grass, and the sages used to worship the Lord with that grass after the time when the Lord killed the demon Hiraṇyākṣa.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.28 – Tue 14 June 2016 - The citizens of Barhiṣmatī, the capital of Brahmāvarta, the kingdom of Svāyambhuva, came nicely dressed to receive the Emperor with decorations and musical instruments. It is the custom of the citizens of a kingdom’s capital to receive the king when he returns from a tour.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.26-27 – Mon 13 June 2016 - The great sages had no skyscrapers, but the hermitages were so beautiful that the King was very much pleased at the sight. In India there are still many magnificent places for spiritual understanding; there are many ṛṣis and saintly persons living in nice cottages on the banks of the Ganges and Yamunā for purposes of spiritual cultivation.

Sunday feast class by H H Bhakti Rasamrita Swami - Bhagavad Gita 10.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.25 – Sun 12 June 2016 - A father sometimes addresses his daughter in affection as “mother” and sometimes as “my darling.” The feeling of separation occurs because until the daughter is married she remains the daughter of the father, but after her marriage she is no longer claimed as a daughter in the family; she must go to the husband’s house, for after marriage she becomes the property of the husband.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.22&23 – The dowry system is not illegal, as some have tried to prove. The dowry is a gift given to the daughter by the father to show good will, and it is compulsory. In rare cases where the father is completely unable to give a dowry, it is enjoined that he must at least give a fruit and a flower. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, God can also be pleased even by a fruit and a flower.