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KRISHNA’S ETERNAL SPIRITUAL ABODE

Krishnaloka or Goloka Vrindavana is the personal abode of the original Supreme Personality of God, Sri Krishna. Krishna enjoys His transcendental bliss in multiple forms on that planet, and all the opulences of the other Vaikuntha planets are found there. This planet is shaped like a lotus flower and many kinds of pastimes are taking place on each leaf of that lotus, as described in Brahma-samhita, verses two and four: “The superexcellent station of Krishna, whic

Gita Govinda - Radha’s gaze upon Krsna
Song by Jayadeva Gosvami

vasante väsanté-kusuma-sukumärair avayavair
bhramantéà käntäre bahu-vihita-kåñëänusaraëäm
amandaà kandarpa-jvara-janita-cintäkulatayä
valad-bädhäà rädhäà sarasam idam üce sahacaré
Translation
Once, in the splendid spring season, when Radhika was pining for Krsna, she began to search for him in one forest grove after another. Her elegant, young limbs, soft as madhavi flowers, grew weary and Cupid made her mind delirious with anxiety.

aneka-n

TEXT 10

mayadhyaksena prakrtih
suyate sa-caracaram
hetunanena kaunteya
jagad viparivartate

SYNONYMS

maya--by Me; adhyaksena--by superintendence; prakrtih--material nature; suyate--manifests; sa--with; cara-acaram--the moving and the nonmoving; hetuna--for this reason; anena--this; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; jagat--the cosmic manifestation; viparivartate--is working.

TRANSLATION

This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By

adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram |
hrdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram madhuradhipaterakhilam madhuram || 1 ||
Sweet are His lips and His mien is sweet.
Sweet are His eyes as His smiles are sweet.
Sweet is His heart as His bearing is sweet.
The Lord of sweetness is entirely sweet.
Lord Sri Krishna is entirely sweet.

vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram |
calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram madhuradhipaterakhilam madhuram || 2 ||
Sw

Rasa Lila is divine sport (Kreeda) with the devotees for bringing about their union with the Lord through Prema or pure divine love. Rasa is the sweetest juice of Prema. It is the manifestation of divine love or higher emotion which takes the devotee to the magnanimous height of holy communion with the Lord.

Lord Krishna’s Rasa Lila is the mystery of mysteries. It is the secret of secrets. It is not a matter for intellectual discussion. It is a holy matter for silent meditation for devotees. It

Radha or Radhika is the chief of the Gopis. She made Aradhana of Krishna. Radhika means literally one who makes Radhana or Aradhana (worship). She was an embodiment of love. Radha is an embodiment of Lord Krishna Himself. Radha and Krishna are inseparable like heat and tire.

Gopis' love for Krishna was supreme love. For them Lord Krishna was the living God. He was the moving image of the Supreme Lord. Their faith was intense. When they thought of Lord Krishna they forgot their worldly activitie

GOVINDA IS THE COLOR OF RAIN CLOUD BLUE,
A GLOWING BEAUTIFUL DAKISH HUE.

HE PLAYS BENEATH THE KADAMBA TREE,
AND LOVES THE COW & CALVES FOR FREE.

THE MUSIC FROM HIS FLUTE IS SWEET,
AND BANGLES JINGLE ON HIS DANCING FEET.

THE SWANS DRINK THE HAPPY SOUND,
OF THE FLUTES NOTES FLOATING ALL AROUND.

THE BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES CRY WITH JOY,
WHEN THEY LOOK UPON THIS COWHERD BOY.

HIS EYES ARE CHARMING, HIS SMILE IS SWEET,
ATTRACTING TO HIS LOTUS FEET.

GOVINDA IS A CHARMING COWHERD BOY,
HIS COWS & CALVE

Possessed of knowledge of the purport of the scriptures (Jnana) and realisation of the oneness of the Self and Brahman and of the truth that Brahman is himself (Vijnana) immersed in the delight of Self-realisation and finding thyself to be the Self of all embodied beings, thou will not experience obstructions or obstacles.

“He who has risen above good and bad does not refrain from doing what is prohibited from a sense of fear of evil consequences nor does he do the prescribed duty in the hope t

Radha-Stuti

radha raseshvari ramya rama cha paramatmanah rasodbhava krishna-kanta krishna-vaksha-sthala-sthita

"Beautiful Shrimate Radharani is the queen and the origin of the rasa dance. She is the giver of pleasure to Krishna, who is the Supersoul in the hearts of all. She is the lover of Krishna and is always situated upon the
chest of the Lord."


krishna-pranadhidevi cha maha-vishnoh prasur api sarvadya vishnu-maya cha satya nitya sanatani

"She is the presiding Deity of Krishna's very life, and S

Tulasi-arati Kirtana

vrindayai tulasi-devyai priyayai keshavasya cha vishnu-bhakti-prade devi satyavatyai namo namaha

Translation

(The first mantra is offering of obeisances to Shrimati Tulasi Devi. Srila Prabhupada explains that the Tulasi tree is a pure devotee of Krishna in the body of a plant. Worship of the Tulasi plant is very important in devotional service.) "I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vrinda, Shrimati Tulasi Devi, who is very dear to Lord Keshava. O goddess, you bestow devotional

Sri Sri Gurvashtaka
(Glories of the Spiritual Master by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura)

(1) samsara-davanala-lidha-loka
tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya vande guroh shri-charanaravindam

(2) mahaprabhoh kirtana-nritya-gita-
vaditra-madyan-manaso rasena romancha-kampashru-taranga-bhajo
vande guroh shri-charanaravindam

(3) shri-vigraharadhana-nitya-nana- shringara-tan-mandira-marjanadau yuktasya bhaktamsh cha niyunjato 'pi vande guroh shri-charanaravindam

(4) chatur-vid

Radha Kripa Kataksha
SHRI RADHA KRIPA KATAKSHA – The PRAYER FOR THE MERCIFUL SIDELONG GLANCE OF SHRI RADHA
(by Lord Shiva from the Urdhvamnaya-tantra)

1. munindra vrnda vandite tri loka soka harini
prasanna vaktra pankaje nikunja bhu vilasini
vrajendra bhanu nandini vrajendra sunu sangate
kada karisyasiha mam krpa kataksa bhajanam

Adored by the host of great sages, She drives away the grief of the three spheres. Her face like a lotus blooms with joy. Delighting in love's games in secret groves, She is

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Birthday Celebration

1. Nanda Maharaja was naturally very magnanimous, and when Lord Sri Krsna appeared as his son, he was overwhelmed by jubilation. Therefore, he invited brahmanas who knew how to recite Vedic mantras. After having these qualified brahmanas recite auspicious Vedic hymns, he arranged to have the Vedic birth ceremony celebrated for his newborn child according to the rules and regulations, and he also arranged for w

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Putana’s Deliverance

By Kamsa’s orders, the fierce demoness Putana went about killing children in towns, villages and pasture lands. Dressing herself just like a beautiful woman, she entered the house of mother Yashoda. Krishna showed the nature of a small baby and closed His eyes, as if to avoid the face of Putana. On that very spot, the fiercely dangerous Putana took Krishna on her lap and pushed her breast into His mouth. The n

prem ras madira

Milan Madhuri
(Sweetness of Meeting Krishna)

Gayo Hari, mo pai jadu dar.
"Oh, woe is me! Krishna has cast some magic spell on me!"

Haun Jamuna-asnan karan gai, tahan rah Nandkumar.
"I went to bathe in the Yamuna River and He came there all of a sudden."

Piya drig piya-ras-roop madhuri, drigan bachay nihar.
"Avoiding looking directly into His eyes, I drank the nectar of His divine beauty through the protection of my veil."

Ras-lampat drig pat ghunghat-pat, karan chat janu par.
"That very i

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Overturning of the Cart

1. When mother Yasoda's baby Krsna was slanting His body to attempt to rise and turn around, this attempt was observed by a Vedic ceremony. In such a ceremony, called utthana, the child is properly bathed. Just after Krsna turned three months old, mother Yasoda celebrated this ceremony with other women of the neighbourhood.

2. After completion of the bath, Yasoda found that her child closed His eyes in sleep

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati's

Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

(The Nectar Moon of Sri Radha's Sweetness)

1. When will Vrndavana's queen Radha, Her eyes restless with love and Her limbs like waves in the flooding ocean of nectar, place Her merciful glance upon me?

2. O queen of Vrndavana, I take shelter of your lotus feet, which are flooded with nectar, which are cool and pleasing, and which, placed over Lord Krsna's heart, extinguish the blazing fire of desire that torments Him.

3. I pray that my heart

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta

1. One day, a year after Krsna's appearance, mother Yasoda was patting her son on her lap. But suddenly she felt the child to be heavier than a mountain peak, and she could no longer bear His weight.

2. Feeling the child to be as heavy as the entire universe, the astonished mother Yasoda put the child down on the ground.

3. While the child was sitting on the ground, a demon named Trnavarta, who was

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Naming Ceremony

1. One day, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, namely Gargamuni, who was highly elevated in austerity and penance, was inspired by Vasudeva to go see Nanda Maharaja at his home.

2. Nanda duly received him and said, “You are versed in the Vedas. The science of astrology has been propounded by you. Please perform the naming ceremony of these two boys (Krsna and Balaram).”

3. Gargamuni said: My dear Nanda Maharaja, I am the

Radha-Krishna one soul two bodies - an excerpt from Sri Prema-Samput
by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

1. anyonyacittavidusau nu parasparatmanityasthiteriti
nrsu prathitau yadavam
taccaupacarikamaho dvitayatvam eva
naikasya sambhavati karhicidatmano nau

Sri Radhika says to sakhi: “Common people say, ‘Radha and Krsna are eternally present in each others’ hearts, and that is why They know each others’ minds.’ Factually, the real truth is this: We are one soul. It is not possible for one soul to be