When the brāhmaṇa wives hesitated to return home—fearing rejection for having disobeyed their husbands in their yearning to serve Sri Krishna—the Supreme Personality of Godhead consoled them with His divine assurance:

“Rest assured that your husbands will not be inimical toward you, nor will your fathers, brothers, sons, relatives, or the general populace. I will personally explain everything to them. Indeed, even the devatas will approve of your action. For you to remain in My physical company would not please the world, nor would it best nourish your love for Me.

𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙈𝙚, 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙮 𝘿𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢, 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 — 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙭 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙚. 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙚.”
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.23)

Similarly, when the Gopīs left their homes in the stillness of the night to meet Sri Krishna, He protected their honor through His divine potency. The cowherd men, deluded by Krishna’s yogamāyā, believed their wives were still by their side and thus felt no resentment.
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33)

The beauty of Sri Krishna and His devotees lies not in defying society, but in harmonizing the eternal love for God with the sacred responsibility of one’s svadharma.

𝙎𝙧𝙞 𝙆𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙣𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨 𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖 𝙃𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩, 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚.

𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝙏𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 — 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙.

– Govind Das (ISKCON MEMBER)