I worship that transcendental seat, known as Śvetadvīpa whereas loving consorts the Lakṣmīs in their unalloyed spiritual essence practice the amorous service of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa as their only lover; where every tree is a transcendental purpose tree; where the soil is the purpose gem, all water is nectar, every word is a song, every gait is a dance, the flute is the favorite attendant, effulgence is full of transcendental bliss and the supreme spiritual entities are all enjoyable and tasty, where numberless milk cows always emit transcendental oceans of milk; where there is eternal existence of transcendental time, who is ever present and without past or future and hence is not subject to the quality of passing away even for the space of half a moment. That realm is known as Goloka only to a very few self-realized souls in this world.
That region which jīvas attain by the best performance of their rasa-bhajana, though purely transcendental, is by no means devoid of variegations. The nondifferentiated region is attained by indulging in anger, fear, and delusion. The devotees attain Goloka, the transcendental region above Vaikuṇṭha, according to the quality of rasa of the respective services. In reality that region is no other than Śvetadvīpa or “the White Island,” being exceedingly pure. Those, who attain the highest rasa in the shape of the realization of pure devotion in this world, viewing the reality of Śvetadvīpa in Gokula, Vṛndāvana and Navadvīpa within this mundane world, designate the same as “Goloka.” In that transcendental region of Goloka there are always visible, in their supreme beauty. all the distinctive entities that are incorporated in the pure cognitive principle, viz., the lover and His beloved ones, trees and creepers, mountains, rivers and forests, water, speech, movement, music of the flute, the sun and the moon, tasted and taste (i.e., the unthinkable wonders of the 64 aesthetic arts), milk cows yielding Nectarian flow of milk and transcendental ever-existing time. (Brahman Samhita 5.56)
In preparation for the festival, the devotees of Mayapur sat around, very enthusiastically with so much love like the Gopis from Vraj full of devotion and very committed, only absorbed in the making of the flower outfits for their Lordships. Tons of Kilos of different flowers were collected and were expertly used in the making of the flower outfits which includes Gulchadi, Orchids, Orange roses, Asters, Chandramalika and marigold.
According to Sri Brahman Samhta “When the pure spiritual experience is excited by means of cognition and service [bhakti], super excellent unalloyed devotion characterized by love for Godhead is awakened towards Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of all souls”.
Being in Mayapur and participating in such auspicious pastimes of the Lord is in no doubt an unmerited blessing and it is only by the divine mercy of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, that we can experience such magnificent splendor this Lifetime.
Rushing from both angles of the temple rooms are devotees from all around India and visiting guest who has especially came to take part in the festival. Thousands of devotees gathered around carefully with eyes filled with devotion and their eyelids as if overweighed with hidden tears, with folded hands they took darshan of the Divine couple and their Astasakhis in their beautifully made floral outfits, decorated with ornaments, flower garlands, Tulsi garlands and anklets, the devotees use over five thousand flowers plus per skirt. Sri Madhava also graces a uniquely special floral outfit which His tailor made perfectly for His Tribanga form, as well as flower jewelry and flower mukut pieces for His turban. Taking such Darshan of their Lordships, what more can one ever ask for!
The glow emanating from the altar which has been beautifully decorated with varieties of flowers delineate the feeling one gets from and extra ordinary experience. In this was way the hearts of all the devotees present there were completely melted, and the festival commenced gracefully.
The festival reached its climax after the sandhya arati, when it is finally time for the abhiseka, the utsav murtis, small Radha Madahva Deities come forward to everyone’s delight and the abhiseka begins, Sri Sri Radha Madhava are then showered in flower petals as mantras and chanting of the Holy name goes on simultaneously. A beautiful pastime unveiling in front of everyone’s astonishment, the deities get fully covered in the mountain of flower petals getting showered from all directions. The devotees chant even louder and the kirtan even faster when it finally comes to an end and Their Lordships return to the altar to be dressed in fresh clothes and everyone goes home with the sweet reminiscence of the festival.
Kṛṣṇa is the exalted Supreme entity having His eternal name, eternal form, eternal attribution, and eternal pastimes. The very name “Kṛṣṇa” implies His love-attracting designation, expressing by His eternal nomenclature the acme of entity. His eternal beautiful heavenly blue-tinged body glowing with the intensity of ever-existing knowledge has a flute in both His hands. As His inconceivable spiritual energy is all-extending, still He maintains His all-charming medium size by His qualifying spiritual instrumentals. His all-accommodating supreme subjectivity is nicely manifested in His eternal form. The concentrated all-time presence, uncovered knowledge and inebriating felicity have their beauty in Him. The mundane manifestative portion of His own Self is known as all-pervading Paramātmā, Īśvara (Superior Lord) or Viṣṇu (All-fostering). Hence it is evident that Kṛṣṇa is sole Supreme Godhead. His unrivalled or unique spiritual body of super excellent charm is eternally unveiled with innumerable spiritual instrumentals (senses) and unreckonable attributes keeping their signifying location properly, adjusting at the same time by His inconceivable conciliative powers. This beautiful spiritual figure is identical with Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual entity of Kṛṣṇa is identical with His own figure.
(Sri Brahman Samhita 5.1)
Sri Krishna Abhishek Photo Album
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