Krishna Balances Emotion Nicely

2015-04-25
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.60.48-51 - Krishna Balances Emotion Nicely (download mp3)
by Shubha Vilas Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 10.60.48
vyudhayas capi pumscalya
 mano ’bhyeti navam navam
budho ’satim na bibhryat
 tam bibhrad ubhaya-cyutah

Translation:

The mind of a promiscuous woman always hankers for new lovers, even if she is married. An intelligent man should not keep such an unchaste wife, for if he does he will lose his good fortune both in this life and the next.

SB 10.60.49

sri-bhagavan uvaca

sadhvy etac-chrotu-kamais tvam

 raja-putri pralambhita

mayoditam yad anvattha

 sarvam tat satyam eva hi

Translation:

The Supreme Lord said: O saintly lady, O princess, We deceived you only because We wanted to hear you speak like this. Indeed, everything you said in reply to My words is most certainly true.

SB 10.60.50

yan yan kamayase kaman

 mayy akamaya bhamini

santi hy ekanta-bhaktayas

 tava kalyani nityada

Translation:

Whatever benedictions you hope for in order to become free of material desires are ever yours, O fair and noble lady, for you are My unalloyed devotee.

SB 10.60.51

upalabdham pati-prema

 pati-vratyam ca te ’naghe

yad vakyais calyamanaya

 na dhir mayy apakarsita

Translation:

O sinless one, I have now seen firsthand the pure love and chaste attachment you have for your husband. Even though shaken by My words, your mind could not be pulled away from Me.

Purport:

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti quotes the following verse describing the pure love between Rukmini and Krsna:

sarvatha dhvamsa-rahitam

 saty api dhvamsa-karane

yad bhava-bandhanam yunoh

 sa prema parikirtitah

“When the affectionate bond between a young man and a young woman can never be destroyed, even when there is every cause for the destruction of that relationship, the attachment between them is said to be pure love.” This is the nature of the eternal loving affairs between Lord Krsna and His pure conjugal associates.