Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.39.37
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesChanting About Kṛṣṇa in Separation
“The gopīs then turned back, without hope that Govinda would ever return to them. Full of sorrow, they began to spend their days and nights chanting about the pastimes of their beloved.”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs turned back without hope that Govinda would ever return to them.
- They were full of sorrow over separation from their beloved.
- They spent their days and nights chanting about His pastimes. Their sorrow did not end their remembrance of Him.
Try this today
Spend a minute speaking or singing about one of Kṛṣṇa’s activities described in these verses.
Ask yourself
How might the gopīs’ chanting encourage you to remember Kṛṣṇa during sorrow?
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.