Canto & Chapters
The Summum Bonum (90 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Chapter 1430v
Chapter 14
Chapter 1530v
Chapter 15
Chapter 1630v
Chapter 16
Chapter 1730v
Chapter 17
Chapter 1830v
Chapter 18
Chapter 1930v
Chapter 19
Chapter 2030v
Chapter 20
Chapter 2130v
Chapter 21
Chapter 2230v
Chapter 22
Chapter 2330v
Chapter 23
Chapter 2430v
Chapter 24
Chapter 2530v
Chapter 25
Chapter 2630v
Chapter 26
Chapter 2730v
Chapter 27
Chapter 2830v
Chapter 28
Chapter 2930v
Chapter 29
Chapter 3030v
Chapter 30
Chapter 3130v
Chapter 31
Chapter 3230v
Chapter 32
Chapter 3330v
Chapter 33
Chapter 3430v
Chapter 34
Chapter 3530v
Chapter 35
Chapter 3630v
Chapter 36
Chapter 3730v
Chapter 37
Chapter 3830v
Chapter 38
Chapter 3930v
Chapter 39
Chapter 4030v
Chapter 40
Chapter 4130v
Chapter 41
Chapter 4230v
Chapter 42
Chapter 4330v
Chapter 43
Chapter 4430v
Chapter 44
Chapter 4530v
Chapter 45
Chapter 4630v
Chapter 46
Chapter 4730v
Chapter 47
Chapter 4830v
Chapter 48
Chapter 4930v
Chapter 49
Chapter 5030v
Chapter 50
Chapter 5130v
Chapter 51
Chapter 5230v
Chapter 52
Chapter 5330v
Chapter 53
Chapter 5430v
Chapter 54
Chapter 5530v
Chapter 55
Chapter 5630v
Chapter 56
Chapter 5730v
Chapter 57
Chapter 5830v
Chapter 58
Chapter 5930v
Chapter 59
Chapter 6030v
Chapter 60
Chapter 6130v
Chapter 61
Chapter 6230v
Chapter 62
Chapter 6330v
Chapter 63
Chapter 6430v
Chapter 64
Chapter 6530v
Chapter 65
Chapter 6630v
Chapter 66
Chapter 6730v
Chapter 67
Chapter 6830v
Chapter 68
Chapter 6930v
Chapter 69
Chapter 7030v
Chapter 70
Chapter 7130v
Chapter 71
Chapter 7230v
Chapter 72
Chapter 7330v
Chapter 73
Chapter 7430v
Chapter 74
Chapter 7530v
Chapter 75
Chapter 7630v
Chapter 76
Chapter 7730v
Chapter 77
Chapter 7830v
Chapter 78
Chapter 7930v
Chapter 79
Chapter 8030v
Chapter 80
Chapter 8130v
Chapter 81
Chapter 8230v
Chapter 82
Chapter 8330v
Chapter 83
Chapter 8430v
Chapter 84
Chapter 8530v
Chapter 85
Chapter 8630v
Chapter 86
Chapter 8730v
Chapter 87
Chapter 8830v
Chapter 88
Chapter 8930v
Chapter 89
Chapter 9030v
Chapter 90
Canto 10, Chapter 22
Chapter 22
Verse 20 (SB 10.22.20)
SB 10.22.20 • मूल श्लोक
इत्यच्युतेनाभिहितं व्रजाबला मत्वा विवस्त्राप्लवनं व्रतच्युतिम् । तत्पूर्तिकामास्तदशेषकर्मणां साक्षात्कृतं नेमुरवद्यमृग् यत: ॥ २० ॥
Transliteration
ity acyutenābhihitaṁ vrajābalā matvā vivastrāplavanaṁ vrata-cyutim tat-pūrti-kāmās tad-aśeṣa-karmaṇāṁ sākṣāt-kṛtaṁ nemur avadya-mṛg yataḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
iti — in these words; acyutena — by the infallible Supreme Lord; abhihitam — indicated; vraja-abalāḥ — the girls of Vraja; matvā — considering; vivastra — naked; āplavanam — the bathing; vrata-cyutim — a falldown from their vow; tat-pūrti — the successful completion of that; kāmāḥ — intently desiring; tat — of that performance; aśeṣa-karmarṇām — and of unlimited other pious activities; sākṣāt-kṛtam — to the directly manifest fruit; nemuḥ — they offered their obeisances; avadya-mṛk — the cleanser of all sins; yataḥ — because.
Translation
“Thus the young girls of Vṛndāvana, considering what Lord Acyuta had told them, accepted that they had suffered a falldown from their vow by bathing naked in the river. But they still desired to successfully complete their vow, and since Lord Kṛṣṇa is Himself the ultimate result of all pious activities, they offered their obeisances to Him to cleanse away all their sins.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaThe transcendental position of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is clearly described here. The gopīs decided that it was better to renounce their so-called family tradition and traditional morality and simply surrender unto the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. This does not mean that the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement advocates immoral activities. In fact, the devotees of ISKCON practice the highest standard of restraint and morality, but at the same time we recognize the transcendental position of Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa is God and therefore has no material desire to enjoy young girls in sexual affairs. As will be seen in this chapter, Lord Kṛṣṇa was not at all attracted to enjoying the gopīs; rather He was attracted to their love and wanted to satisfy them.
The greatest offense is to imitate the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa. In India there is a group called prākṛta-sahajiyā, who imitate these affairs of Kṛṣṇa and try to enjoy naked young girls in the name of worshiping Kṛṣṇa. The ISKCON movement sternly rejects this mockery of religion, because the greatest offense is for a human being to ludicrously imitate the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the ISKCON movement there are no cheap incarnations, and it is not possible for a devotee of this movement to promote himself to the position of Kṛṣṇa.
Five hundred years ago Kṛṣṇa appeared as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who practiced strict celibacy throughout His student life and at the age of twenty-four took sannyāsa, a lifelong vow of celibacy. Caitanya Mahāprabhu rigidly avoided contact with women in order to carry out His vow of loving service to Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa personally appeared five thousand years ago, He exhibited these wonderful pastimes, which attract our attention. We should not become envious or shocked when we hear that God can perform such pastimes. Our shock is due to our ignorance, because if we tried to perform these activities our bodies would be afflicted by lust. Lord Kṛṣṇa, however, is the Supreme Absolute Truth and is therefore never disturbed by any material desire whatsoever. Thus, this incident — in which the gopīs gave up normal standards of morality and, raising their hands to their head, bowed down in compliance with Kṛṣṇa’s order — is an example of pure devotional surrender and not a discrepancy in religious principles.
In fact, the gopīs’ surrender is the perfection of all religion, as Śrīla Prabhupāda describes in Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead: “The gopīs were all simple souls, and whatever Kṛṣṇa said they took to be true. In order to be freed from the wrath of Varuṇadeva, as well as to fulfill the desired end of their vows and ultimately to please their worshipable Lord, Kṛṣṇa, they immediately abided by His order. Thus they became the greatest lovers of Kṛṣṇa, and His most obedient servitors.
“Nothing can compare with the Kṛṣṇa consciousness of the gopīs. Actually, the gopīs did not care for Varuṇa or any other demigod; they only wanted to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.”