Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.35.26
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesSinging of Kṛṣṇa Brings Spiritual Festivity
“Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, thus during the daytime the women of Vṛndāvana took pleasure in continuously singing about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, and those ladies’ minds and hearts, absorbed in Him, were filled with great festivity.”
What the purport teaches
- During the daytime, the women of Vṛndāvana continuously sang about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. Their minds and hearts were absorbed in Him and filled with great festivity.
- The purport confirms that the heartbroken gopīs’ so-called pain is actually great spiritual bliss. Material pain is pain, but on the spiritual platform such apparent pain is another variety of spiritual ecstasy.
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His devotees expertly mix the flavors of spiritual bliss. Thus every day was a treat for the gopīs, whose pleasure was in singing about Him.
Try this today
Spend two minutes today singing about one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes described in these translations, gently keeping your mind on Him.
Ask yourself
How might the gopīs’ absorption encourage you to make singing about Kṛṣṇa part of your 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.