Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.60.31
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesKṛṣṇa Continues His Affectionate Joking
“The greatest pleasure worldly householders can enjoy at home is to spend time joking with their beloved wives, My dear timid and temperamental one.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa describes time spent joking with a beloved wife as the greatest pleasure worldly householders can enjoy at home.
- He addresses Rukmiṇī as timid and temperamental. The word bhāmini indicates an angry, passionate, temperamental woman.
- Rukmiṇī had not become angry despite His provocation. Thus the Lord was still speaking jokingly.
Try this today
Read the verse again with the purport’s clarification in mind: Rukmiṇī had not become angry.
Ask yourself
How does the purport change my understanding of Kṛṣṇa calling Rukmiṇī temperamental?
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.