Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.33.39
Mukti· LiberationFaithful Hearing Leads to Pure Devotion
“Anyone who faithfully hears or describes the Lord’s playful affairs with the young gopīs of Vṛndāvana will attain the Lord’s pure devotional service. Thus he will quickly become sober and conquer lust, the disease of the heart.”
What the purport teaches
- Anyone who faithfully hears or describes Kṛṣṇa's playful affairs with the gopīs attains pure devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a person quickly becomes sober and conquers lust, the disease of the heart.
- The Lord's spiritual loving pastimes are the opposite of material lustful affairs. Hearing material romance increases lust, whereas hearing His purely spiritual pastimes conquers it.
- Kṛṣṇa reveals His rāsa-līlā in this world out of causeless mercy. Attachment to this narration brings the bliss of spiritual love and helps one reject lust, its distorted reflection.
Try this today
Spend five minutes faithfully rereading the supplied narration, seeking devotional service rather than material excitement.
Ask yourself
Am I approaching these narrations with faith and a desire for pure devotional service?
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.