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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.65.7

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Love Asks About Welfare and Remembrance

“[The cowherds said:] O Rāma, are all our relatives doing well? And Rāma, do all of you, with your wives and children, still remember us?”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.65.7, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The cowherds asked Balarāma whether all their relatives were doing well.
  • They also asked whether Balarāma and His companions still remembered them.
  • Their question included the wives and children, expressing concern for the whole circle of relatives.

Try this today

Send a short message to a relative you have not contacted recently, asking about their well-being.

Ask yourself

Who might be comforted today by knowing that you remember them?

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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