Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.21.20
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesRemember Kṛṣṇa by Speaking About His Pastimes
“Thus narrating to one another the playful pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He wandered about in the Vṛndāvana forest, the gopīs became fully absorbed in thoughts of Him.”
What the purport teaches
- By narrating Kṛṣṇa’s playful forest pastimes to one another, the gopīs became fully absorbed in Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Śrīla Prabhupāda calls this the perfect example of Kṛṣṇa consciousness: somehow or other to remain always engrossed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa. Lord Caitanya declared that no method of worship is better than that of the gopīs.
- The gopīs were born in cowherd families and were not highly educated, though they heard knowledge from the brāhmaṇas. Their only purpose was to remain absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Share one detail of Kṛṣṇa’s forest pastimes from this chapter with someone today.
Ask yourself
How could my conversations help me and others remember 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.