Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.30.6
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesAn Eager Search for Kṛṣṇa
“O kurabaka tree, O aśoka, O nāga, punnāga and campaka, has Balarāma’s younger brother, whose smile removes the audacity of all proud women, passed this way?”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs asked the kurabaka, aśoka, nāga, punnāga and campaka trees whether Kṛṣṇa had passed that way.
- They described Balarāma’s younger brother as one whose smile removes the audacity of all proud women.
- When a tree did not answer, they impatiently left it and rushed to another. Their inquiries show their eagerness to find Him.
Try this today
Give one minute to remembering Kṛṣṇa today rather than putting it off.
Ask yourself
What can you learn from the gopīs’ eagerness to keep searching for 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.