Transcendental Bliss at Dvadasaditya-Tila
On Saturday 31 October we were blessed and blissed to be able visit one of the most significant holy places in all of Vrindavan. We went to Dvadasaditya-tila, the sacred hill overlooking the Yamuna River where Krishna was warmed by twelve suns after subduing the Kaliya serpent 5,000 years ago in the waters of the Yamuna. This is also the hill on which a mere 500 years ago Sanatana Goswami did his bhajan and established the original temple of Vrindavan, the temple of Madana Mohana. This holy place is mentioned as follows in the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Antya Lila 13.69:
"Soon afterward, Sanatana Gosvami selected a place where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could stay while in Vrindavana. It was a temple in the highlands named Dvadasaditya-tila."
Regarding visiting these various holy places of Vrindavan, Srila Prabhupada writes as follows in his book, The Nectar of Devotion:
"A pure devotee of Lord Krishna resides in the district of Mathura or Vrindavana and visits all the places where Krishna's pastimes were performed. At these sacred places Krishna displayed His childhood activities with the cowherd boys and mother Yasoda. The system of circumambulating all these places is still current among devotees of Lord Krishna, and those coming to Mathura and Vrindavana always feel transcendental pleasure. Actually, if someone goes to Vrindavana, he will immediately feel separation from Krishna, who performed such nice activities when He was present there. Such attraction for remembering Krishna's activities is known as attachment for Krishna. There are impersonalist philosophers and mystics, however, who by a show of devotional service want ultimately to merge into the existence of the Supreme Lord. They sometimes try to imitate a pure devotee's sentiment for visiting the holy places where Krishna had His pastimes, but they simply have a view for salvation, and so their activities cannot be considered attachment."
We are fortunate indeed to have this opportunity to visit so many holy places associated with Lord Sri Krishna's transcendental pastimes.
Relishing Krishna's Pastimes at Dvadasaditya-Tila
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I am follower of Krishna philosophy and regularly read your answers. I very much liked your answer; politeness and loving nature. This shows how much you have progressed and really reached to stage of Guru.
Please accept my namaskar.
Yours sincerely
Shankar Kulkarni
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
"Soon afterward, Sanatana Gosvami selected a place where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could stay while in Vrindavana. It was a temple in the highlands named Dvadasaditya-tila."
Regarding visiting these various holy places of Vrindavan, Srila Prabhupada writes as follows in his book, The Nectar of Devotion:
"A pure devotee of Lord Krishna resides in the district of Mathura or Vrindavana and visits all the places where Krishna's pastimes were performed. At these sacred places Krishna displayed His childhood activities with the cowherd boys and mother Yasoda. The system of circumambulating all these places is still current among devotees of Lord Krishna, and those coming to Mathura and Vrindavana always feel transcendental pleasure. Actually, if someone goes to Vrindavana, he will immediately feel separation from Krishna, who performed such nice activities when He was present there. Such attraction for remembering Krishna's activities is known as attachment for Krishna. There are impersonalist philosophers and mystics, however, who by a show of devotional service want ultimately to merge into the existence of the Supreme Lord. They sometimes try to imitate a pure devotee's sentiment for visiting the holy places where Krishna had His pastimes, but they simply have a view for salvation, and so their activities cannot be considered attachment."
We are fortunate indeed to have this opportunity to visit so many holy places associated with Lord Sri Krishna's transcendental pastimes.
Relishing Krishna's Pastimes at Dvadasaditya-Tila
Sri Vrindavana Dhama--31 October 2015
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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:
Appreciation: You Have Reached the Stage of Guru
Dear Sir,I am follower of Krishna philosophy and regularly read your answers. I very much liked your answer; politeness and loving nature. This shows how much you have progressed and really reached to stage of Guru.
Please accept my namaskar.
Yours sincerely
Shankar Kulkarni
Answer: Accomplished Only by Prabhupada's Mercy
I am happy that you are appreciating my humble attempt to push forward the mission of my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, all over the world. Whatever I have been able to manifest or accomplish is only due to his mercy. Therefore all credit goes to him. If I have any credit at all in this connection, it is only that I have faithfully served the orders of my spiritual master without fail for the last forty four years.Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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