Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.39.15
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesLoving Service Is the Highest Self-Realization
“Other gopīs entirely stopped their sensory activities and became fixed in meditation on Kṛṣṇa. They lost all awareness of the external world, just like those who attain the platform of self-realization.”
What the purport teaches
- Some gopīs stopped all sensory activities and became fixed in meditation on Kṛṣṇa. They lost awareness of the external world.
- The purport explains that the individual soul is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. The gopīs were already on the platform of self-realization.
- Because they rendered the most intense loving service to the Lord, the gopīs stood at the highest stage of self-realization. Loving devotional service is the goal.
Try this today
Take one quiet minute to remember Kṛṣṇa and your eternal relationship of service to Him.
Ask yourself
How would remembering that I am Kṛṣṇa's eternal servant shape my day?
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.