Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.29.12
Mukti· LiberationAsk Questions to Clear Others’ Doubts
“Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O sage, the gopīs knew Kṛṣṇa only as their lover, not as the Supreme Absolute Truth. So how could these girls, their minds caught up in the waves of the modes of nature, free themselves from material attachment?”
What the purport teaches
- Parīkṣit Mahārāja asked how the gopīs could become free from material attachment when they knew Kṛṣṇa as their lover rather than as the Supreme Absolute Truth.
- The King thoroughly understood Śukadeva Gosvāmī’s meaning. He noticed doubts in the expressions of some materialistic listeners.
- He presented himself as having a doubt so that the doubts of others could be removed. His question served those who needed a clearer understanding of the gopīs’ love.
Try this today
Write down one sincere question you have about the gopīs’ love for Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
What question could help me understand the gopīs’ love without confusing it with material attachment?
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.