Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.47.29
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Is Never Truly Absent
“The Supreme Lord said: You are never actually separated from Me, for I am the Soul of all creation. Just as the elements of nature — ether, air, fire, water and earth — are present in every created thing, so I am present within everyone’s mind, life air and senses, and also within the physical elements and the modes of material nature.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, says that the gopīs are never actually separated from Him. As the Soul of all creation, He is present within everyone’s mind, life air and senses, and within material nature.
- His words also carry a more intimate meaning: He reciprocates the gopīs’ special love and remains in their hearts and minds in His spiritual form.
- His apparent separation intensifies their love and reveals it to other devotees. The gopīs are already the most exalted liberated souls; their pastimes must be understood with the help of authorized ācāryas.
Try this today
Read Kṛṣṇa’s opening assurance slowly and spend one quiet minute remembering His presence.
Ask yourself
How does Kṛṣṇa’s assurance of His presence encourage you to remember Him?
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.