Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.84.1
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesLove for Kṛṣṇa Has Spiritual Harmony
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Pṛthā, Gāndhārī, Draupadī, Subhadrā, the wives of other kings and the Lord’s cowherd girīfriends were all amazed to hear of the queens’ deep love for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Soul of all beings, and their eyes filled with tears.”
What the purport teaches
- The women were amazed to hear of the queens’ deep love for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Soul of all beings. Their eyes filled with tears.
- Draupadī was the chief hearer because she had asked the question the queens answered. Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī concludes that some other women heard their accounts secondhand.
- There is always perfect harmony on the spiritual platform. The gopīs’ apparent jealousy was an ecstatic symptom of overflowing love for Kṛṣṇa, not mundane envy or strife.
Try this today
Reread the translation slowly, reflecting on the women’s deep love for Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How does this teaching help me avoid judging pure devotees’ feelings as ordinary rivalry?
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.