Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.21.17
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesFind Satisfaction in Contact With Kṛṣṇa
“The aborigine women of the Vṛndāvana area become disturbed by lust when they see the grass marked with reddish kuṅkuma powder. Endowed with the color of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, this powder originally decorated the breasts of His beloveds, and when the aborigine women smear it on their faces and breasts, they feel fully satisfied and give up all their anxiety.”
What the purport teaches
- The reddish kuṅkuma originally decorated the breasts of Kṛṣṇa’s beloveds and then touched His lotus feet. As He walked through Vṛndāvana, it fell upon the grass and plants.
- The forest women were not satisfied by their lovers’ touch. Yet when they smeared this kuṅkuma on their faces and breasts, they became fully satisfied and gave up their anxiety.
- Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that all material lusty desires can be immediately satisfied through contact with Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Try this today
When a restless desire arises today, pause and reread this verse’s account of satisfaction through contact with Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Where am I seeking satisfaction, and how might I turn my attention toward Kṛṣṇa?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.