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After they had cleared out everything, Lord Kṛṣṇa very slowly replaced Govardhana Hill in exactly the When everything was done, all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana approached Kṛṣṇa with feelings of love and The gopīs, being naturally very affectionate to Kṛṣṇa, began to offer Him yogurt mixed with their tears Mother Yaśodā, Mother Rohiṇī, Nanda and Balarāma, who is the strongest of the strong, embraced Kṛṣṇa As usual, the gopīs began to chant the glorious pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa with great feeling, for they were

At that time all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana began to pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa. “Dear Kṛṣṇa,” they prayed, “You are all-powerful, and You are very affectionate to Your devotees.

They were simply astonished to see how Kṛṣṇa was holding up the mountain with the little finger of His Seeing the extraordinary mystic power of Kṛṣṇa, Indra, the king of heaven, was thunderstruck and baffled At that time Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, known now as the lifter of Govardhana Hill, said

cowherd men in Vṛndāvana have neglected my authority on the advice of this talkative boy who is known as Kṛṣṇa puffed up over their material opulence and are overconfident due to the presence of their tiny friend, Kṛṣṇa Because they have taken Kṛṣṇa so seriously, they must be punished.

Upon hearing their prayer, Kṛṣṇa could understand that Indra, being bereft of his sacrificial honor, Kṛṣṇa understood that this was a deliberate exhibition of anger by Indra.

It is indicated here that in the villages or outside the towns, the inhabitants must depend on the cows When King Indra ordered the Sāṁvartaka and companion clouds to go to Vṛndāvana, the clouds were afraid But King Indra assured them, “You go ahead, and I will also go, riding on my elephant, accompanied by And I shall apply all my strength to punishing the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana.”

Kṛṣṇa has declared in the Bhagavad-gītā that the worshipers of the demigods are not very intelligent. He has also declared that one has to give up all kinds of demigod worship and simply concentrate on Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa’s invoking the anger of Indra and later on chastising him is a clear indication to His devotees that those who are engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness have no need to worship any demigod, even if it is Kṛṣṇa gives His devotees all protection, and they should completely depend on His mercy.

Thinking in this way, Lord Kṛṣṇa immediately picked up Govardhana Hill with one hand, exactly as a child Lord Kṛṣṇa then addressed His devotees, “My dear brothers, My dear Father, My dear inhabitants of Vṛndāvana Being assured by Lord Kṛṣṇa, all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana entered beneath the great hill along with

understood that the sacrifice which was to be offered by the cowherd men in Vṛndāvana had been stopped by Kṛṣṇa inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, who were headed by Nanda Mahārāja, although Indra knew perfectly well that Kṛṣṇa He thought himself, at least for the time being, as powerful as Kṛṣṇa. They are simply inhabitants of the forest, but being infatuated with their friend Kṛṣṇa, who is nothing

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the twenty-fifth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “Devastating Rainfall in Vṛndāvana