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Study paths

Eight routes that follow one question through several lives. Read each life's key moment in order, then sit with the question, alone or with a class.

The question of this path

How do the different relationships with Kṛṣṇa reveal distinct moods of bhakti?

Canto 12Canto 3Canto 4Canto 5Canto 6Canto 7Canto 8Canto 9Canto 10Canto 1112Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa · SB 10.80 · A humble journeySudāmā Brāhmaṇa · SB 10.80 · The friend is welcomedSudāmā Brāhmaṇa · SB 10.81 · A small gift is treasuredSudāmā Brāhmaṇa · SB 10.81 · Wealth without possessivenessThe Gopīs of Vraja · SB 10.29 · The call of the fluteThe Gopīs of Vraja · SB 10.30 · Searching through the forestThe Gopīs of Vraja · SB 10.31 · The Gopī-gītaThe Gopīs of Vraja · SB 10.32 · The Lord returnsThe Gopīs of Vraja · SB 10.47 · Uddhava witnesses their loveUddhava · SB 3.2 · Speechless remembranceUddhava · SB 10.46 · Message to VrajaUddhava · SB 10.47 · Learning from the gopīsUddhava · SB 11.6 · An impending departureUddhava · SB 11.29 · Instruction and entrustment1. SB 10.8 · Seeing the universe2. SB 10.9 · The butter episode3. SB 10.9 · Dāmodara-līlā4. SB 10.11 · Everyday Vraja lifeSB 10.11

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Mother Yaśodā

The infinite Lord embraced in parental love

Devotion revealed
The test
What does the Lord allow His devotees to experience through loving intimacy?
The turn
Her love is manifested through feeding, worrying about, and lovingly correcting the child Kṛṣṇa.
What it teaches
Her līlā is revelation of vātsalya-rasa, not a moral ascent from flawed parenthood.

Key moment · Daily sweetness

Everyday Vraja life

Kṛṣṇa’s childhood pastimes continue amid affection and wonder.

In the verse · SB 10.11.6

“When Nanda Mahārāja saw his own son bound with ropes to the wooden mortar and dragging it, he smiled and released Kṛṣṇa from His bonds.”

All 4 moments of Mother Yaśodā

Each moment's short description, the lessons, questions and pairings are study aids drawn from the cited chapter, not words of the scripture. The verse shown with each moment is Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation, exactly; his purport is always the final word.

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