Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.30.15
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesRemembering Kṛṣṇa’s Infant Pastimes
“One gopī imitated Pūtanā, while another acted like infant Kṛṣṇa and pretended to suck her breast. Another gopī, crying in imitation of infant Kṛṣṇa, kicked a gopī who was taking the role of the cart demon, Śakaṭāsura.”
What the purport teaches
- One gopī took the role of Pūtanā, while another acted as infant Kṛṣṇa and pretended to suck her breast.
- Another gopī imitated infant Kṛṣṇa’s crying and kicked a gopī playing the cart demon, Śakaṭāsura.
- Through these different roles, the gopīs continued their absorbed remembrance of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
Try this today
Reread this verse once, then briefly recall its two scenes as an exercise in remembering Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Which detail of these enactments helps you focus your remembrance on infant 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.