Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.31.8
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesLonging for Kṛṣṇa’s Reviving Nectar
“O lotus-eyed one, Your sweet voice and charming words, which attract the minds of the intelligent, are bewildering us more and more. Our dear hero, please revive Your maidservants with the nectar of Your lips.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa’s sweet voice and charming words attract the minds of the intelligent.
- The gopīs tell the lotus-eyed Lord that His words are bewildering them more and more.
- Addressing Him as their dear hero, they ask Him to revive them with the nectar of His lips. Even in this intense longing, they call themselves His maidservants.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly once, noticing how the gopīs express both longing and service.
Ask yourself
What does the gopīs’ continued identity as servants teach me about loving devotion?
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.