Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.29.24
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyThe Gopīs’ Real Husband Is Kṛṣṇa
“The highest religious duty for a woman is to sincerely serve her husband, behave well toward her husband’s family and take good care of her children.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa describes a woman’s highest religious duty as sincerely serving her husband, treating his family well and caring for her children.
- Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the gopīs’ real, eternal husband. Their so-called husbands at home falsely considered them their property.
- Reading amāyayā as “without illusion” reveals the deeper conclusion: the gopīs’ supreme religious duty is to serve Śrī Kṛṣṇa, their real lover.
Try this today
Reread the purport and briefly reflect on its conclusion that the gopīs’ supreme duty is service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How does the purport deepen my understanding of the gopīs’ service to Kṛṣṇa?
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.