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Santoṣa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of …

dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhah- śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthau śrīmad-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devau preṣṭālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi

[Cc. Ādi 1.16]

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"In a temple of jewels in Vṛndāvana, underneath a desire tree, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates, …

Prabhupāda:

dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhah- śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthau śrīmad-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devau preṣṭālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi

[Cc. Ādi 1.16]

So, description of Vṛndāvana, Vṛndāvana, and Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa situated there. The Vṛndāvana... Vana means forest, and vṛnda means tulasī. …

So whatever description is there of Vṛndāvana, that is expansion of Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency. They are not different. Therefore in …

viṣaya chāriyā kabe śuddha ha 'be mana kabe hāma herabo, śrī-vṛndāvana

Viṣaya chāriyā. Our present position is that we are materially diseased, so we have to become free from the material …

viṣaya chāriyā kabe śuddha ha 'be mana kabe hāma herabo śrī-vṛndāvana

"When my mind will be cleansed of all material desires, then I shall be able to see what is Vṛndāvana." …

sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam hṛṣīkena hṛṣīkeśa- sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate

[Cc. Madhya 19.170]

anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu- śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttama

[Brs. 1.1.11]

You know all these definition of bhakti given in our Nectar of Devotion. So spiritual life means free from material …

So this description of Vṛndāvana is spiritually described; therefore in the beginning the word is used, dīvyad. Dīvyad means divine. …