Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.23.42
Mukti· LiberationLove for Kṛṣṇa Breaks Material Attachment
“Just see the unlimited love these women have developed for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the spiritual master of the entire universe! This love has broken for them the very bonds of death — their attachment to family life.”
What the purport teaches
- The women developed unlimited love for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the spiritual master of the entire universe. This love broke their attachment to family life, described as the bonds of death.
- Although the men were outwardly their teachers, the women had become perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness while the men remained in ignorance. On returning home, the women displayed transcendental ecstatic symptoms.
- Their husbands recognized Kṛṣṇa as the universal spiritual master and acknowledged the women’s perfected attachment to Him. They accepted the women as worshipable spiritual masters, no longer regarding them as their wives or property.
Try this today
Reflect on one family relationship today and consciously regard that person with respect rather than a sense of ownership.
Ask yourself
Do I recognize spiritual maturity by devotion to Kṛṣṇa rather than by family position or authority?
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.