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and there all over Gokula, and he could hear the sound of milking. Every residential house in Vṛndāvana was decorated for the worship of the sun god and the fire god and Every home was sanctified by lights and incense. All over Vṛndāvana there were nice gardens filled with flowers and the sounds of humming bees and singing The lakes were filled with lotus flowers and with ducks and swans.

describing the uncommon activities of Kṛṣṇa before Uddhava, Nanda Mahārāja gradually became overwhelmed and As for Mother Yaśodā, she sat by the side of her husband and heard the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa without speaking She simply cried incessantly, and milk poured from her breasts. When Uddhava saw Mahārāja Nanda and Yaśodā so extraordinarily overwhelmed with thoughts of Kṛṣṇa, the became overwhelmed and spoke as follows: “My dear Mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja, you are most respectable

Uddhava entered the house of Nanda Mahārāja and was received as a representative of Vāsudeva. and other family members in Mathurā. He is now released from the prison of Kaṁsa, and he is now with his friends and his children, Kṛṣṇa and Tell me about him and his welfare. Now, because of his sinful activities, he is dead and gone, along with all his brothers.

When Kṛṣṇa was starting for Mathurā on the chariot driven by Akrūra and the gopīs were blocking the way He told them not to be overwhelmed and in this way pacified them. Kṛṣṇa, in His original identity, returned with Nanda Mahārāja and stayed with the gopīs and Mother Yaśodā and Saṅkarṣaṇa. in the prabhava and vaibhava expansions.

Being very anxious about the gopīs’ grief, Kṛṣṇa talked with Uddhava and politely requested him to go hand with His own hands, He said, “My dear gentle friend Uddhava, please go immediately to Vṛndāvana and try to pacify My father and mother, Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā-devī, and the gopīs. Go and give them a message. I hope their ailments will be partially relieved. They have dedicated body, desire, life and soul to Me.

“Please let us know whether Kṛṣṇa now remembers His father and mother and His friends and companions face, with its raised nose and lotuslike eyes? how He saved us from so many other demons, and we simply think of how much we are obliged to Him for My dear Uddhava, when we think of Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful face and eyes and His different activities here in We simply think of Kṛṣṇa – how He used to smile and how He looked upon us with grace.

Vasudeva and Devakī, who happened to be the real parents of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, wanted to keep Them now While Kaṁsa was alive, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were kept under the protection of Nanda Mahārāja in Vṛndāvana Now, naturally, the father and mother of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma wanted Them to remain, specifically for the Kṛṣṇa did not want Vṛndāvana disturbed by enemies like Dantavakra and Jarāsandha. Kṛṣṇa therefore decided to remain in Mathurā, and Nanda Mahārāja went back to Vṛndāvana.

Uddhava continued, “Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa are the original Personalities of Godhead, from whom the cosmic Each of Them is both the material and the efficient cause of this material creation. They are the source of all knowledge and all forgetfulness also.” I cause one to remember and forget. I am the original compiler of the Vedānta, and I am the actual knower of the Vedas.”

“My dear Mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja,” Uddhava continued, “you have thus fixed your minds wholly and solely upon that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, whose transcendental form is the cause The Brahman effulgence is only the bodily rays of Nārāyaṇa, and because you are always absorbed in ecstatic thought of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, what pious activity remains for you to perform? I have brought a message from Kṛṣṇa that He will very soon come back to Vṛndāvana and satisfy you by

He was a great friend of Kṛṣṇa’s, and being the direct student of Bṛhaspati, the teacher and priest of the heavenly planets, he was very intelligent and sharp in decision. Even if one is highly elevated in material education and is even the disciple of Bṛhaspati, he still has to learn from the gopīs and the other residents of Vṛndāvana how to love Kṛṣṇa to the highest degree

Nanda and Uddhava thus passed the whole night discussing Kṛṣṇa. In the morning, the gopīs prepared for morning ārati by lighting their lamps and sprinkling butter mixed Their churning rods, their arms, their earrings, their bangles, their breasts – everything moved, and The two sound vibrations mixed together, ascended to the sky and sanctified the whole atmosphere.

“You are already perceiving His presence twenty-four hours a day, yet He will come and see you very soon Actually He is present everywhere and in everyone’s heart, just as fire is present in wood. Kṛṣṇa is the Supersoul, He regards everyone equally: He sees no one as His enemy, no one as His friend, and He actually has no father, mother, brother or relative, nor does He require society, friendship and love modes of nature, He creates, maintains and dissolves the whole cosmic manifestation.

Since Kṛṣṇa had departed from Vṛndāvana and gone to Mathurā, the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, especially Mother Yaśodā, Nanda Mahārāja, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the gopīs and the cowherd boys, were simply thinking Kṛṣṇa was joking with us in this way, and Kṛṣṇa was embracing us like this.” This is called līlā-smaraṇa, and it is the process of association with Kṛṣṇa most recommended by great Those in the most exalted position of devotional service and ecstasy can live with Kṛṣṇa always by remembering

Nanda Mahārāja returned to Vṛndāvana without Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. He was accompanied only by the cowherd boys and men. It was certainly a very pathetic scene for the gopīs, Mother Yaśodā, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and all the other

After sunrise the gopīs came as usual to offer their respects to Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, but when golden chariot of Uddhava at the door, they began to inquire among themselves: What was that chariot, and While they were talking in this way, Uddhava finished his morning ablutions, prayers and chanting and

If we practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this present body while in a healthy condition and in good mind activities for material enjoyment, then naturally at the time of death we shall think of such activities and consciousness was the standard of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, as exhibited by Mahārāja Nanda, Yaśodā and simply follow in their footsteps, even to a minute proportion, our lives will surely become successful, and

“We think, therefore, that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma may be chief demigods in heaven who have appeared before Kṛṣṇa killed all these animals and demons just as a lion kills an ordinary animal. How wonderful it is that Kṛṣṇa took in one hand the big, heavy bow made of three joined palm trees and wonderful it is that He has killed all the demons like Pralambāsura, Dhenukāsura, Ariṣṭāsura, Tṛṇāvarta and

That Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma did not return to Vṛndāvana can be adjusted as follows: They did not break Their

twenty-four hours a day, so Kṛṣṇa was also always thinking of the gopīs, Mother Yaśodā, Nanda Mahārāja and Although He appeared to be away from them, He could understand how they were transcendentally aggrieved, and

He was the son of Vasudeva’s brother and was almost the same age as Kṛṣṇa.