Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.47.59
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionSingle-Minded Devotion Brings the Highest Good
“How amazing it is that these simple women who wander about the forest, seemingly spoiled by improper behavior, have achieved the perfection of unalloyed love for Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul! Still, it is true that the Supreme Lord Himself awards His blessings even to an ignorant worshiper, just as the best medicine works even when taken by a person ignorant of its ingredients.”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs’ apparently insignificant and impure position sharply contrasts with their attainment of perfect love for Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul.
- Their behavior only apparently resembles ordinary adultery. Those wise in spiritual science and the revealed scriptures praise their single-minded devotion to the Lord.
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, blesses even an ignorant worshiper. Like effective medicine, His blessings do not depend on the worshiper’s understanding of how they work.
Try this today
Offer one simple prayer to Kṛṣṇa today, asking for single-minded devotion rather than waiting to know everything.
Ask yourself
Does feeling insufficiently learned ever hold you back from sincerely worshiping 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.