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As the dust on the lotus flower exhibits the exquisite beauty of the flower, all the gopīs (cowherd women These beautiful gopīs took their different presentations and very soon reached the house of Mahārāja Overburdened with their heavy hips and swollen breasts, the gopīs could not proceed very quickly toward the house of Nanda Mahārāja, but out of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa they proceeded as quickly as possible While they were blessing child Kṛṣṇa in this way, they offered a mixture of turmeric powder, oil, yogurt

In Kṛṣṇa’s birth ceremony all the assembled brāhmaṇas began to chant different kinds of Vedic mantras

response they also began to throw yogurt, milk, clarified butter and water upon the bodies of the gopīs

Vasudeva continued to say that the maintenance of religious principles, economic development and the satisfactory execution of meeting the demands of the senses depend on cooperation among relatives, nations and Therefore, it is everyone’s duty to see that his fellow citizens and the cows are not put into difficulty One should see to the peace and comfort of his fellow man and the animals. He was thinking that religious principles, economic development and the satisfaction of his senses were

heard that Mother Yaśodā had given birth to a child, all the cowherd women became overwhelmed with joy, and they also dressed themselves with various kinds of costly garments and ornaments and smeared scented

Before the birth ceremony, the family members take baths, cleanse themselves and decorate themselves with ornaments and nice garments; then they come before the child and the astrologer to hear of the future Nanda Mahārāja and other members of the family dressed and sat down in front of the birthplace. Nanda Mahārāja distributed to the brāhmaṇas 200,000 cows, which were well decorated with cloth and ornaments He gave the brāhmaṇas not only cows in charity but also hills of grain decorated with ornaments and golden-bordered

When all the ecstatic cowherd men heard that Nanda Mahārāja, the father of Kṛṣṇa, was celebrating the

All the cowherd men belonged to the vaiśya community, and their business was to protect the cows and By their dress and ornaments, and by their behavior, it appears that although they were in a small village Their wealth was in milk, yogurt, clarified butter and many other milk products, and by trading their agricultural products, they were rich in various kinds of jewelry, ornaments and costly garments.

In the material world we possess riches and wealth in many ways, but sometimes not in very honest and According to Vedic injunction, therefore, one should purify such wealth by giving cows and gold in charity We therefore have to purify the duration of our lives, our possession of wealth and our self. We can purify our duration of life by taking a daily bath and cleansing the body inside and outside and And when the brāhmaṇa reaches further perfection, he becomes a Vaiṣṇava, or a devotee.

After the friendly conversation between Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva, Vasudeva returned to his home. Nanda Mahārāja and the other cowherd men, who had come to Mathurā to pay their taxes, also returned home

Although we have our family and relatives, sons and daughters, by nature’s way we are generally separated According to one’s fruitive activities, one has to act differently and thereby be separated. For example, many plants and creepers are floating on the waves of the ocean. Sometimes they come together, and sometimes they separate forever: one plant goes one way, and another

Both Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa were the sons of Vasudeva. Kṛṣṇa was personally delivered to Yaśodā and exchanged for her daughter. Nanda Mahārāja knew that Balarāma was the son of Vasudeva, but he did not know that Kṛṣṇa was also Vasudeva Vasudeva, of course, was aware of this fact and inquired very eagerly about both Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the fifth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “The Meeting of Nanda and Vasudeva

Thus Nanda Mahārāja, the foster father of Lord Kṛṣṇa, began to satisfy the desires of all the men assembled occasion and was trying to satisfy all the people there, his only desire was that the newborn child Kṛṣṇa

In this way, Vasudeva indirectly expressed his anxiety about Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa was sent incognito to the bed of Mother Yaśodā, and after Nanda very pompously celebrated Kṛṣṇa He never expected that Kṛṣṇa would live, because all his other sons had been killed by Kaṁsa.

He could not even keep his one son Kṛṣṇa with him. This inquiry was made by Vasudeva because he was very anxious about Kṛṣṇa’s safety. He knew that Kaṁsa and his followers were trying to kill Kṛṣṇa by sending various kinds of demons. Because Vasudeva was so anxious about Kṛṣṇa, he inquired about the safety of His residence. And now you have another child, Kṛṣṇa, and I think you are taking very nice care of both of Them.”

Although Kṛṣṇa was the real son of Vasudeva and Devakī, because of Kaṁsa’s atrocious activities Vasudeva But Nanda Mahārāja, the foster father, celebrated the birth ceremony of Kṛṣṇa very joyfully.

husband, yet just to congratulate Mahārāja Nanda on the occasion of the birth ceremony of his son, Kṛṣṇa

Although the last child was a daughter, Kaṁsa could not kill her, and she has entered into the celestial Everyone is subjected to his past deeds, and one who is conversant with the philosophy of karma and its Such a person will not be aggrieved at any incident, happy or miserable.”

From the opulence of the birth ceremony of Kṛṣṇa, it is very clear that at that time Vṛndāvana was rich Because Lord Kṛṣṇa took birth in the house of King Nanda and Mother Yaśodā, the goddess of fortune was