Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.23.33
Mukti· LiberationLove Develops Through Devotional Attention
“It is by hearing about Me, seeing My Deity form, meditating upon Me and chanting My names and glories that love for Me develops, not by physical proximity. Therefore please go back to your homes.”
What the purport teaches
- Love for Kṛṣṇa develops by hearing about Him and seeing His Deity form.
- Meditating upon Kṛṣṇa and chanting His names and glories also develop love for Him.
- Physical proximity does not develop love in the same way. Kṛṣṇa therefore asked the women to return home.
Try this today
Spend five attentive minutes chanting Kṛṣṇa’s names.
Ask yourself
Which of these ways of developing love for Kṛṣṇa can I give more attention to?
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.