Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.47.11
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesTo Know Kṛṣṇa Is to Love Him
“One of the gopīs, while meditating on Her previous association with Kṛṣṇa, saw a honeybee before Her and imagined it to be a messenger sent by Her beloved. Thus She spoke as follows.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī was absorbed in remembering Her association with Kṛṣṇa. Seeing a honeybee, She imagined it to be a messenger from Her beloved.
- The purport identifies this gopī as Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and describes Her words as full of pure transcendental knowledge. By Her example and words, She revealed Her supreme love for the Lord.
- Kṛṣṇa is to be known through all the Vedas: to know Him is to love Him. The purport urges us to follow those who bow down to the Supreme Lord.
Try this today
Offer a respectful bow to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with a prayer to know and love Him.
Ask yourself
How can my study of Kṛṣṇa nourish love and devotional service rather than knowledge alone?
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.