Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami
The Conclusions of Mahaprabhu
aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas tad-dhama vrndavanam
ramya kacid-upasana vrajavadhu-vargena ya kalpita
srimad-bhagavatam pramanam-amalam prema pumartho mahan
sri caitanya mahaprabhur-matam-idam tatradaro nah parah
It is the conclusive opinion of Lord Chaitanya that the most worshipable form of the Lord is that of Sri Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja. Vrindavan-dhäma is the topmost worshipable abode. The highest and most pleasing type of worship of Krishna is done by the Vraja gopis. Srimad-bhagavatam is the spotless authority on everything. And krsna-prema is the fifth and highest goal of life. [Caitanya-matta-manjusa commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam by Srinath Chakravarti.]
This is the opinion of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and is most important. Krishna, who is the son of Nanda Maharaja, vrajesa-tanaya, gokulesa-tanaya, is to be worshiped. Notvasudeva-tanaya. Why is that?
Vasudeva is a four-handed form. He is a portion of Krishna. Krishna in Dwarka is complete, purna. Krishna in Mathura is more complete, purnatarah; and Krishna in Vrajabhumi is most complete, purnatamah. There is the positive degree, the comparative degree and the superlative degree — complete, more complete and most complete.Vrajesa-tanaya is the most complete form of Krishna. Mahaprabhu says that Krishna is to be worshiped, aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayah. That form is ten- or twelve-year-oldkisora-krsna. Dwarkadish, Krishna in Dwarka, is a king. He has so many wives and so much opulence. But it is kisora-krsna, ten- to twelve-year-old Krishna in Vrajabhumi, that is the most beautiful form of Krishna. He is very simple, gopa-vesa, nata-vara — he is dressed as a cowherd boy and is the best of dancers. He is not a king. He wears a peacock feather, holds a flute, and plays with the cowherd boys. He is tribhanga-lalita, curved in three places.
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