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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.58.17

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

The Warriors See a Young Girl

“After the two Kṛṣṇas bathed there, they drank the river’s clear water. The great warriors then saw an attractive young girl walking nearby.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.17, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The two Kṛṣṇas bathed in the river.
  • After bathing, the great warriors drank the river’s clear water.
  • They then saw an attractive young girl walking nearby.

Try this today

Read the verse attentively and recall its three actions: bathing, drinking and seeing.

Ask yourself

What sequence of simple actions leads to the meeting described here?

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.

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