Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.39.21
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesEyes Find Their Purpose in Seeing Kṛṣṇa
“O Providence, though you come here with the name Akrūra, you are indeed cruel, for like a fool you are taking away what you once gave us — those eyes with which we have seen, even in one feature of Lord Madhudviṣa’s form, the perfection of your entire creation.”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs saw the perfection of the entire creation in even one feature of Lord Madhudviṣa's form.
- They did not care to see anything but Kṛṣṇa. If He left Vṛndāvana, their eyes would seem to have no function.
- Kṛṣṇa's departure was thus like blindness to them. In their distress, they called Akrūra cruel, though his name means “not cruel.”
Try this today
Reflect for one minute on the gopīs' vision of all beauty's perfection in Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
What does the gopīs' sense of losing their sight reveal about their 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.