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When a devotee is permanently situated in devotional service, and by different symptoms of ecstasy he has developed and matured …

The impetus for such fraternal love of God is God Himself. When one is liberated and discovers his eternal relationship …

There are similar statements of fraternal love expressed outside the jurisdiction of Vṛndāvana. When the sons of Pāṇḍu, headed by …

Sometimes the different names, forms, paraphernalia and transcendental qualities provoke fraternal love. For instance, Kṛṣṇa’s nice dress, His strongly built …

The impetus to fraternal love upon seeing the associates of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana is also very natural, for their personal …

How the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas, enjoy Kṛṣṇa’s association is described as follows: “When Śrī Kṛṣṇa arrived in Indraprastha, …

As far as the vayasyas (friends) in Vṛndāvana are concerned, they become greatly distressed when they cannot see Kṛṣṇa even …

There is the following prayer by a devotee for the vayasyas in Vṛndāvana: “All glories to Kṛṣṇa’s vayasyas, who are …

The vayasyas in Vṛndāvana are in such intimate friendship with Kṛṣṇa that sometimes they think themselves as good as Kṛṣṇa. …

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, twelfth chapter, verse 11, Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells King Parīkṣit, “My dear King, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme …

There is a description of Kṛṣṇa’s feeling for His vayasyas in Vṛndāvana. He once said to Balarāma, “My dear brother, …

Within Gokula, Kṛṣṇa’s vayasyas are generally divided into four groups: (1) well-wishers, (2) friends, (3) confidential friends and (4) intimate …

One of the elderly friends said, “My dear Maṇḍalībhadra, why are you wielding a shining sword as though you were …

Among the well-wisher friends, Maṇḍalībhadra and Balabhadra are the chiefs. Maṇḍalībhadra is described as follows: His complexion is yellowish, and …

One devotee described the personal beauty of Baladeva as follows “Let me take shelter of the lotus feet of Balarāma, …

Baladeva’s affection for Kṛṣṇa is illustrated in this statement to Subala: “My dear friend, please inform Kṛṣṇa not to go …

Friends who are younger than Kṛṣṇa, who are always attached to Him and who give Him all kinds of service …

Sometimes when Kṛṣṇa and His sakhās went to the pasturing ground, Kaṁsa would send a demon to kill Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, …

One of the sakhās, known as Devaprastha, is described as follows. He is very strong, a ready scholar, and is …

One of the gopīs once said to her friend, “My dear beautiful friend, when Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, …