Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.29.16
Mukti· LiberationHearing Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Purifies Material Desire
“You should not be so astonished by Kṛṣṇa, the unborn master of all masters of mystic power, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. After all, it is the Lord who liberates this world.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the unborn Supreme Personality of Godhead and the master of all masters of mystic power. His power to liberate should not astonish us.
- The Lord’s purpose is to bring conditioned souls back home, back to Godhead, for an eternal life of bliss and knowledge.
- His conjugal pastimes with the gopīs are pure spiritual activities. Hearing about them can cure the disease of material lust and bring purification and liberation.
Try this today
Read this verse and purport attentively, keeping their stated purpose of purification in mind.
Ask yourself
How can I hear Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with a desire for purification rather than material enjoyment?
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.