Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.46.4
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionKṛṣṇa Personally Sustains His Devotees
“The minds of those gopīs are always absorbed in Me, and their very lives are ever devoted to Me. For My sake they have abandoned everything related to their bodies, renouncing ordinary happiness in this life, as well as religious duties necessary for such happiness in the next life. I alone am their dearmost beloved and, indeed, their very Self. I personally sustain such devotees, who for My sake give up all worldly duties.”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs loved Kṛṣṇa so intensely that they could think of nothing else. Their minds and very lives were devoted to Him.
- For His sake, they gave up bodily attachments and ordinary happiness in this life and the next. Kṛṣṇa alone was their dearmost beloved and very Self.
- Kṛṣṇa maintains ordinary devotees engaged in sādhana-bhakti, devotional service in practice. He will certainly maintain the gopīs, His most exalted devotees.
Try this today
Set aside two minutes today for remembering Kṛṣṇa without distractions.
Ask yourself
How does Kṛṣṇa’s care for practicing devotees encourage my own 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.