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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.29.20

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Consider Your Family’s Anxiety

“Not finding you at home, your mothers, fathers, sons, brothers and husbands are certainly searching for you. Don’t cause anxiety for your family members.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.29.20, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kṛṣṇa tells the gopīs that their relatives have not found them at home.
  • He says their mothers, fathers, sons, brothers and husbands are certainly searching for them.
  • He asks them not to cause anxiety for their family members.

Try this today

Send a brief, reassuring message to a family member who may be concerned about you.

Ask yourself

Could someone in my family be worrying because they have not heard from me?

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.

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