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The gopīs continued, “Dear Kṛṣṇa, we are always busy in our family affairs. The gopīs are always liberated souls because they are fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, the gopīs, were not interested in the idea of going with Kṛṣṇa to Dvārakā They immediately invited Kṛṣṇa to come back to Vṛndāvana. Lord Kṛṣṇa, being profoundly attached to the gopīs, never goes away from Vṛndāvana, and the gopīs and

know anything beyond Kṛṣṇa. The gopīs were so attached to Kṛṣṇa that they could not tolerate not seeing Him even momentarily when Because they had been separated from Kṛṣṇa for so many years, the gopīs, having come along with Nanda No one can even imagine how eager the gopīs were to see Kṛṣṇa again. Kṛṣṇa could understand that the gopīs were rapt in ecstasy by embracing Him in their minds, and therefore

The gopīs, having been instructed by Kṛṣṇa in this philosophy of simultaneous oneness and difference, remained always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and thus became liberated from all material contamination. Not only the gopīs but anyone who follows these instructions of Kṛṣṇa is immediately freed from the jīva-kośa A person in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness is always liberated from false egoism; he utilizes everything for Kṛṣṇa’s service and is not at any time separated from Kṛṣṇa.

Kṛṣṇa was sitting with Mother Yaśodā and His other mothers, Devakī and Rohiṇī, but when the mothers engaged in talking, He took the opportunity and went to a secluded place to meet the gopīs. As soon as He approached the gopīs, the Lord smiled, and after embracing them and inquiring about their My dear gopīs, do you now dislike remembering Me, considering Me to have been ungrateful to you?

This important instruction by Lord Kṛṣṇa to the gopīs can be utilized by all devotees engaged in Kṛṣṇa from the energetic, nothing is different from Kṛṣṇa. When this absolute consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is absent, we are separated from Kṛṣṇa; but, fortunately , if this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is present, then we are not separated from Kṛṣṇa. But in the absence of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the forgetful living entity, although part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa

“My dear gopī friends, you may know from Me that it is My energies only which are acting everywhere.

If the devotee knows perfectly that the arcā-vigraha, or Deity form of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the temple, is exactly the same sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha as Kṛṣṇa Himself, then his service to the temple Deity becomes direct temple itself, the temple paraphernalia and the food offered to the Deity are also not separate from Kṛṣṇa to follow the rules and regulations prescribed by the ācāryas, and thus, under superior guidance, Kṛṣṇa-realization

The gopīs therefore prayed to Kṛṣṇa, “Dear Kṛṣṇa, from Your navel emanated the original lotus flower,

– how he had been imprisoned by King Kaṁsa, how his babies had been killed, how immediately after Kṛṣṇa’s birth he had carried Kṛṣṇa to the place of Nanda Mahārāja, and how Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma had been raised Similarly, Lord Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa also embraced King Nanda and Mother Yaśodā, and then They offered Because of Their feeling affection for Nanda and Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma became choked up, and Because of separation from Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, King Nanda and Yaśodā had been merged in great distress

As stated in the First Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, devotional service rendered to Kṛṣṇa automatically The family members of the Yadu dynasty and the cowherds of Vṛndāvana had their minds fixed on Kṛṣṇa. And because their minds were always engaged in Kṛṣṇa, they were automatically freed from all material Rather, one must start speaking and acting only in relationship with Kṛṣṇa.

Nanda Mahārāja and you are the real father and mother of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.

When Nanda Mahārāja and the other residents of Vṛndāvana had heard that Kṛṣṇa would be present in Kurukṣetra of the Vṛndāvana residents had come to Kurukṣetra to see their beloved sons Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa

of Vṛndāvana, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, had been living in great anxiety because of separation from Kṛṣṇa Taking advantage of the solar eclipse, they all came to see their life and soul, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.

Then Kṛṣṇa’s mother, Devakī, and Balarāma’s mother, Rohiṇī, both embraced Mother Yaśodā. When Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were born, before They even saw Their real father and mother, They were entrusted

The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana were well-wishers and intimate friends of the Yadu dynasty. All the Yadus and the residents of Vṛndāvana felt such great pleasure in meeting and talking together Meeting after long separation, they were all jubilant; their hearts throbbed, and their faces appeared Drops of tears fell from their eyes, the hair on their bodies stood on end, and because of their extreme

Ultimately, however, all their talk was only of Kṛṣṇa. All the neighbors and relatives were connected with Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in this world, and as such Kṛṣṇa was the center of all their activities.

Seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa present on the spot, all the visitors felt transcendental pleasure and became very

When the visitors saw Lord Kṛṣṇa with His thousands of queens, they were fully satisfied at the sight All who were there personally visited Lord Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa, and being properly welcomed by Them, they began to glorify the members of the Yadu dynasty, especially Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. The specific condition of your perfection is that you always see Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is sought by many mystic All of you are in direct touch with Lord Kṛṣṇa at every moment.

Among the elderly persons were Akrūra, Vasudeva and Ugrasena, and among the younger generation were Gada , Pradyumna, Sāmba and many other members of the Yadu dynasty who had come there with a view to atone Yadu dynasty went to Kurukṣetra, some important personalities, like Aniruddha, the son of Pradyumna, and Kṛtavarmā, the commander in chief of the Yadu dynasty, along with Sucandra, Śuka and Sāraṇa, remained

Once upon a time, while Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were living peacefully in Their great city of Dvārakā