Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.82.35

Parental Love Overshadows the Lords’ Opulence

“Raising their two sons onto their laps and holding Them in their arms, Nanda and saintly mother Yaśodā forgot their sorrow.”
Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.82.35, translation

What the purport teaches

After the first embraces and obeisances, Vasudeva led Nanda and Yaśodā into his tent. They held the hands of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.
Inside, Nanda and Yaśodā placed the two sons on their laps and held Them in their arms. In that embrace, they forgot their sorrow.
They had heard the glories of the two Lords of Dvārakā and now saw Their opulences. Yet they regarded Them as their eight-year-old children.

Try this today

Spend a quiet minute remembering Nanda and Yaśodā holding Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma with parental love.

Ask yourself

What touches me about Nanda and Yaśodā’s affection remaining unchanged by the Lords’ opulence?

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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