sravanad darsanad dhyanan
mayi bhavo ’nukirtanat
na tatha sannikarsena
pratiyata tato grhan
“It is by hearing about Me, seeing My Deity form, meditating upon Me, and chanting My names and glories that love for Me develops, not by physical proximity. Therefore please go back to your homes.” (SB 10.23.33)
Giriraj Swami: “When devotees are attracted to Krishna, they may feel—and I am sure many of you have felt the same way—that they don’t want to do anything else but serve Krishna. Now, this verse contains an instruction. Lord Krishna is telling the wives to go home to their husbands and duties. He would not have given them an instruction to discourage them, but He was giving them a way to increase their love for Him even at home. He said, sravanad—by hearing about Him. How did these ladies become so attracted to Krishna? By hearing about Him. They had not met Him in person, but they had heard about him from various women folk in Vrindavan, and by hearing about Him they became attracted. We, too, have not met Him directly in this lifetime, but we have become attracted to Him by hearing.”
Jaya Radha Madhava, Krishna House, Gainesville
Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.23, Krishna House, Gainsville
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