Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.83.6-7
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesHear How the Supreme Lord Marries
“Śrī Draupadī said: O Vaidarbhī, Bhadrā and Jāmbavatī, O Kauśalā, Satyabhāmā and Kālindī, O Śaibyā, Rohiṇī, Lakṣmaṇā and other wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa, please tell me how the Supreme Lord Acyuta, imitating the ways of this world by His mystic power, came to marry each of you.”
What the purport teaches
- Draupadī respectfully asks Kṛṣṇa’s wives how the Supreme Lord Acyuta came to marry each of them.
- Although His marriages resemble the ways of this world, the Supreme Lord acts through His own mystic power.
- The Rohiṇī addressed here is not Lord Balarāma’s mother. She represents the sixteen thousand princesses rescued from Bhaumāsura and is treated as a virtual equal to Kṛṣṇa’s eight chief queens.
Try this today
Reread Draupadī’s question, giving special attention to the words “Supreme Lord” and “His mystic power.”
Ask yourself
Can I hear about Kṛṣṇa’s humanlike activities while remembering that He is the Supreme Lord?
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.