Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.31.16
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Gopīs Plead Not to Be Abandoned
“Dear Acyuta, You know very well why we have come here. Who but a cheater like You would abandon young women who come to see Him in the middle of the night, enchanted by the loud song of His flute? Just to see You, we have completely rejected our husbands, children, ancestors, brothers and other relatives.”
What the purport teaches
- Enchanted by the loud song of Kṛṣṇa’s flute, the gopīs come to see Him in the middle of the night.
- They tell Acyuta that they have completely rejected their husbands, children, ancestors, brothers and other relatives just to see Him.
- They insist that He knows why they have come. In their plea, they call Him a cheater for abandoning them.
Try this today
Offer one brief, honest prayer to Kṛṣṇa expressing your desire to turn toward Him.
Ask yourself
How do the gopīs express both their longing and their pain directly 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.