Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.29.34
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa Captures the Gopīs’ Minds
“Until today our minds were absorbed in household affairs, but You easily stole both our minds and our hands away from our housework. Now our feet won’t move one step from Your lotus feet. How can we go back to Vraja? What would we do there?”
What the purport teaches
- The music of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s flute stole the gopīs’ minds away from household affairs. Their hands, too, were drawn away from housework.
- The purport describes them as coming to demand back their stolen property—their minds. They could regain them only if Kṛṣṇa accepted them in conjugal love.
- Their feet refused to move even one step from His lotus feet. They could not accept being sent home to wait.
Try this today
Pause for one minute today and give your attention to this description of Kṛṣṇa’s flute and the gopīs’ response.
Ask yourself
What does the gopīs’ inability to leave reveal about their absorption in 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.