Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.22.25
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionPure Loving Service Pleases Kṛṣṇa
“[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] O saintly girls, I understand that your real motive in this austerity has been to worship Me. That intent of yours is approved of by Me, and indeed it must come to pass.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa understood that the gopīs’ real motive was to worship Him. He approved their intention and assured them that it would be fulfilled.
- Like Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs were free from impure desire. Their wish to have Him as their husband arose from an overwhelming desire to serve and please Him, not from personal sense gratification.
- In their intense love, they saw Kṛṣṇa not as God but as the most wonderful boy in creation. The Lord was moved by their pure loving devotion, not by ordinary lust.
Try this today
Choose one small devotional act today and do it with the explicit intention of pleasing Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking my own satisfaction, or am I trying to please 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.