Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.65.15
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesRemembering Kṛṣṇa Brings Tears of Love
“While speaking these words, the young cowherd women remembered Lord Śauri’s laughter, His pleasing conversations with them, His attractive glances, His style of walking and His loving embraces. Thus they began to cry.”
What the purport teaches
- The cowherd women remember Lord Śauri’s laughter, pleasing conversations, attractive glances, walking and loving embraces.
- The purport describes Kṛṣṇa’s nectarean laughter as darts that pierced their hearts before He went away.
- They wonder how the city women could survive if Kṛṣṇa treated them similarly. Overwhelmed, they cry even in Śrī Baladeva’s presence.
Try this today
Choose one detail from the translation and spend a minute attentively remembering Kṛṣṇa through it.
Ask yourself
Which detail of Kṛṣṇa remembered by the gopīs draws your attention most?
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.