Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.65.16
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionKṛṣṇa’s Loving Messages Console the Gopīs
“The Supreme Lord Balarāma, the attractor of all, being expert at various kinds of conciliation, consoled the gopīs by relaying to them the confidential messages Lord Kṛṣṇa had sent with Him. These messages deeply touched the gopīs’ hearts.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord Balarāma expertly consoles the gopīs with Kṛṣṇa’s confidential messages. These messages are sweet, filled with pure love and free from pride.
- Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that the name Saṅkarṣaṇa indicates that Balarāma attracted Kṛṣṇa to appear in His mind and thus showed Him to the gopīs.
- Kṛṣṇa’s messages include transcendental knowledge, words of conciliation and revelations of His power. They deeply touch the gopīs’ hearts.
Try this today
When comforting someone today, choose gentle words without trying to display your own importance.
Ask yourself
How does the absence of pride make Kṛṣṇa’s loving messages especially touching?
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.