Six Benefits by engaging in Krishna Katha

2013-07-03
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.20 - Six Benefits by engaging in Krishna Katha (download mp3)
by Nanda Dulal Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 10.21.20

evam-vidha bhagavato

 ya vrndavana-carinah

varnayantyo mitho gopyah

 kridas tan-mayatam yayuh

Translation:

Thus narrating to one another the playful pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He wandered about in the Vrndavana forest, the gopis became fully absorbed in thoughts of Him.

Purport:

In this regard Srila Prabhupada comments, “This is the perfect example of Krsna consciousness: to somehow or other remain always engrossed in thoughts of Krsna. The vivid example is always present in the behavior of the gopis; therefore Lord Caitanya declared that no one can worship the Supreme Lord by any method that is better than the method of the gopis. The gopis were not born in very high brahmana or ksatriya families; they were born in the families of vaisyas, and not in big mercantile communities but in the families of cowherd men. They were not very well educated, although they heard all sorts of knowledge from the brahmanas, the authorities of Vedic knowledge. The gopis’ only purpose was to remain always absorbed in thoughts of Krsna.”

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to the Tenth Canto, Twenty-first Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “The Gopis Glorify the Song of Krsna’s Flute.”