Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.54.49
Mukti· LiberationTranscendental Knowledge Dispels Bewildering Grief
“Therefore, with transcendental knowledge dispel the grief that is weakening and confounding your mind. Please resume your natural mood, O princess of the pristine smile.”
What the purport teaches
- Balarāma advises Rukmiṇī to dispel grief through transcendental knowledge. Such grief weakens and confounds the mind.
- He asks her to resume her natural mood, addressing her as the princess of the pristine smile.
- The purport explains that Śrīmatī Rukmiṇī is the eternal goddess of fortune performing pastimes with the Lord. Balarāma reminds her of this identity so that she may give up her so-called grief.
Try this today
Read this verse slowly today, and spend a minute reflecting on its invitation to meet grief with transcendental knowledge.
Ask yourself
How can knowledge of spiritual truth help me meet a troubling feeling?
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.