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The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, thus advised the cowherd men to stop the Indra-yajña and begin The honest and simple cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, accepted Kṛṣṇa’s proposal and executed in According to the instruction of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Nanda Mahārāja and the cowherd men called in learned brāhmaṇas The gopīs dressed themselves very luxuriantly and sat in bull-driven carts, chanting the glories of Kṛṣṇa act as priests for Govardhana-pūjā, offered their blessings to the cowherd men and their wives, the gopīs

The sacrifice known as Govardhana-pūjā is observed in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Lord Caitanya has recommended that since Kṛṣṇa is worshipable, so His land – Vṛndāvana and Govardhana To confirm this statement, Lord Kṛṣṇa said that Govardhana-pūjā is as good as worship of Him. From this we can understand that prasādam offered to Kṛṣṇa never becomes polluted or contaminated, even

But Kṛṣṇa replied, “My dear Father, don’t delay.

When everything was complete, Kṛṣṇa assumed a great transcendental form and declared to the inhabitants Then Kṛṣṇa began to eat all the food offered there. Hill and worship them exactly as they worship the Deity of Kṛṣṇa in the temples. The form of Kṛṣṇa who began to eat the offerings was separately constituted, and Kṛṣṇa Himself, along In offering obeisances to the huge form of Kṛṣṇa and Govardhana Hill, Kṛṣṇa declared, “Just see how Govardhana

The cowherd men then inquired from Kṛṣṇa how He wanted the yajña performed, and Kṛṣṇa gave them the following

However, when Kṛṣṇa consciousness is there, then everyone’s total benefit is taken care of.

In this statement, Lord Kṛṣṇa practically described the whole economy of the vaiśya community.

On hearing this inquiry from Kṛṣṇa, Mahārāja Nanda replied, “My dear boy, this ceremonial performance

“My dear Father,” Lord Kṛṣṇa said, “there is no need to worship the demigod Indra.

While engaged with the brāhmaṇas who were too much involved in the performance of Vedic sacrifices, Kṛṣṇa As stated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, a devotee of Kṛṣṇa has strong and firm faith in the understanding that if he is simply engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental loving service, then A pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa doesn’t have to perform any of the ritualistic functions enjoined in the Being a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one is understood to have performed all kinds of Vedic rituals and all

Kṛṣṇa further explained to His father: “This cosmic manifestation is going on under the influence of

Kṛṣṇa identified Himself with the vaiśya community because Nanda Mahārāja was protecting many cows and Kṛṣṇa was taking care of them.

performing the Govardhana-pūjā sacrifice, all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana followed the instructions of Kṛṣṇa

Kṛṣṇa asked His father, “My dear Father, what is this arrangement going on for a great sacrifice? Kṛṣṇa, however, persisted: “My dear Father, for those who are liberal and saintly, there is no secrecy

With this purpose in mind, Kṛṣṇa began to talk as if He were an atheist supporting the philosophy of Lord Kṛṣṇa began to speak to His father according to these principles of the Karma-mīmāṁsā philosophy

After hearing this statement by Kṛṣṇa, Nanda Mahārāja replied, “My dear boy, since You are asking, I

Lord Kṛṣṇa nullified this argument, saying that the demigods give results only to persons who have executed

In order to stop all such activities by His devotees, Kṛṣṇa wanted to firmly establish exclusive devotional Because He is the omniscient Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa knew that the cowherd men were preparing for

After hearing this, Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the presence of His father and all In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is clearly stated that in this instance Kṛṣṇa wanted to make King Indra angry Kṛṣṇa’s advent was especially meant for the annihilation of the demons and protection of the devotees King Indra was certainly a devotee, not a demon, but because he was puffed up, Kṛṣṇa wanted to teach

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the twenty-fourth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “Worshiping Govardhana Hill