Back to Vrindavana Dhama
Today we will be returning to Sri Vrindavan Dhama, the Lord's transcendental abode. This is Krishna's extreme kindness upon us that He makes Himself so easily accessible in Sri Vrindavana Dhama. Srila Prabhupada has wonderfully described Sri Vrindavana Dhama in his purport to Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya Lila, Text 104 as follows:
"When we consider impartially all the unlimited pastimes of the Lord, we find that His pastimes as a human being on this planet -- wherein He sports as a cowherd boy with a flute in His hands and appears youthful and fresh like a ballet dancer -- are pastimes and features that are never subjected to material laws and inebrieties. The wonderful beauty of Krishna is presented in the supreme planet, Gokula (Goloka Vrindavana). Inferior to that is His representation in the spiritual sky, and inferior to that is His representation in the external energy (Devi-dhama). A mere drop of Krishna's sweetness can drown these three worlds -- Goloka Vrindavana, Hari-dhama (Vaikunthaloka) and Devi-dhama (the material world). Everywhere, Krishna's beauty merges everyone in the ecstasy of transcendental bliss. Actually the activities of yogamaya are absent in the spiritual sky and the Vaikuntha planets. She simply works in the supreme planet, Goloka Vrindavana, and she works to manifest the activities of Krishna when He descends to the material universe to please His innumerable devotees within the material world. Thus a replica of the Goloka Vrindavana planet and the pastimes there is manifested on this planet on a specific tract of land -- Bhauma Vrindavana, the Vrindavana-dhama on this planet.
The first thing I will do upon arriving in that most holy abode will be to place myself flat on the ground like a stick in humble obeisances to Lord Sri Krishna and to this most sacred of all places in the universe.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All glories to Srila Guru Maharaja.
Sri Krishna is a Bhagavan, Adi Purusha and above all. This we understand and know by the scriptures and by the authorized representatives.
When we say, "Supreme Personality Of Godhead" we are comparing Krishna with something/somebody. Since Lord Krishna is overall, why we are comparing Him with others?
Tushar Raval
mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat
kiñcid asti dhanañjaya
mayi sarvam idaṁ protaṁ
sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva
"O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread."
--Bhagavad-gita 7.7
Krishna is not only "overall", or the sum total of everything. He is also "over all" or superior to everyone and everything else. This is the mysterious nature of God. He is simultaneously everything or overall and at the same time over all or beyond everything as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
"When we consider impartially all the unlimited pastimes of the Lord, we find that His pastimes as a human being on this planet -- wherein He sports as a cowherd boy with a flute in His hands and appears youthful and fresh like a ballet dancer -- are pastimes and features that are never subjected to material laws and inebrieties. The wonderful beauty of Krishna is presented in the supreme planet, Gokula (Goloka Vrindavana). Inferior to that is His representation in the spiritual sky, and inferior to that is His representation in the external energy (Devi-dhama). A mere drop of Krishna's sweetness can drown these three worlds -- Goloka Vrindavana, Hari-dhama (Vaikunthaloka) and Devi-dhama (the material world). Everywhere, Krishna's beauty merges everyone in the ecstasy of transcendental bliss. Actually the activities of yogamaya are absent in the spiritual sky and the Vaikuntha planets. She simply works in the supreme planet, Goloka Vrindavana, and she works to manifest the activities of Krishna when He descends to the material universe to please His innumerable devotees within the material world. Thus a replica of the Goloka Vrindavana planet and the pastimes there is manifested on this planet on a specific tract of land -- Bhauma Vrindavana, the Vrindavana-dhama on this planet.
The first thing I will do upon arriving in that most holy abode will be to place myself flat on the ground like a stick in humble obeisances to Lord Sri Krishna and to this most sacred of all places in the universe.
Answers According to the Vedic Version
Question: Since Krishna is Overall, Why Compare Him Others?
Dear Guru Maharaja,All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All glories to Srila Guru Maharaja.
Sri Krishna is a Bhagavan, Adi Purusha and above all. This we understand and know by the scriptures and by the authorized representatives.
When we say, "Supreme Personality Of Godhead" we are comparing Krishna with something/somebody. Since Lord Krishna is overall, why we are comparing Him with others?
Tushar Raval
Answer: Krishna is Both Overall and Over All
"Supreme Personality of Godhead" is the English translation of the Sanskrit word "Bhagavan." It means who possesses all opulences in full, more than anyone else. Therefore to compare Krishna with all else is not incorrect. In this regard Sri Krishna states in the Bhagavad-gita:mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat
kiñcid asti dhanañjaya
mayi sarvam idaṁ protaṁ
sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva
"O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread."
--Bhagavad-gita 7.7
Krishna is not only "overall", or the sum total of everything. He is also "over all" or superior to everyone and everything else. This is the mysterious nature of God. He is simultaneously everything or overall and at the same time over all or beyond everything as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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