Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.42.14
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesPure Love Absorbs the Heart
“The sight of Kṛṣṇa aroused Cupid in the hearts of the city women. Thus agitated, they forgot themselves. Their clothes, braids and bangles became disheveled, and they stood as still as figures in a painting.”
What the purport teaches
- Seeing Kṛṣṇa aroused conjugal attraction in the city women, and they forgot themselves. They stood motionless, like figures in a painting.
- Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that their immediate conjugal attraction showed that they were the most advanced devotees in Mathurā.
- The purport describes ten effects of Cupid. Devotees with pure love generally manifest nine, culminating in becoming stunned in ecstasy, but not death, which is inauspicious in relation to Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the women’s complete absorption in Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How does the purport deepen your understanding of the women’s absorption in Kṛṣṇa?
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.