Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 7.42
The Gopīs Speak Their Hearts to Kṛṣṇa
“ ‘O dear Kṛṣṇa, we gopīs have neglected the order of our husbands, sons, family, brothers and friends and have left their company to come to You. You know everything about our desires. We have come only because we are attracted by the supreme music of Your flute. But You are a great cheater, for who else would give up the company of young girls like us in the dead of night?’
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs tell Kṛṣṇa that they have left their families’ company and neglected their orders to come to Him.
- They have come only because they are attracted by the supreme music of His flute, and they acknowledge that He knows all their desires.
- They call Kṛṣṇa a great cheater, asking who else would abandon young girls who had come to Him in the dead of night.
Try this today
Reread the gopīs’ words and write one sentence about their attraction to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
What do the gopīs’ words reveal about their longing for Kṛṣṇa’s company?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.