I visited Sankarshan Kunda by Govardhana Hill

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I Visited Sankarshan Kunda by Govardhana Hill

November 12, 2025

Since I am staying at Sri Rupa Seva Kunja, a mere ten or fifteen minute walk from Govardhan Hill, I decided on 11 November to take full advantage of my location as Krishna's special mercy (Govardhan Hill is His incarnation) and go for a transcendental stroll. Arriving at Govardhan I sang a beautiful bhajan by Narottama Das Thakur. Srila Prabhupada explained one of its verses as follows in a song class on January 5, 1969 in Los Angeles:

Viṣaya chāḍiyā Āra kabe nitāi-cander koruṇā hoibe, saṁsāra-bāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha'be. Saṁsāra-bāsanā means the desire for material enjoyment. Saṁsāra-bāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha'be: "When my desire for material enjoyment will be insignificant, nonimportant.'' Tuccha. Tuccha means a thing which we calculate no value: "Throw it away.'' Similarly, spiritual advancement is possible when one is convinced that "This material world and material happiness is no value. It cannot give me any real bliss of life.'' This conviction is very much necessary. Saṁsāra-bāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha'be. And he also says that "When I shall be free from the desires of material enjoyment, then it will be possible to see the real nature of Vṛndāvana.'' Viṣaya chāḍiyā kabe śuddha ha'be mana: "When my mind will be completely purified, uncontaminated from the material contamination, at that time it will be possible for me to see what is Vṛndāvana.'' In other words, one cannot go to Vṛndāvana by force and live there, and he will achieve that transcendental bliss. No. One has to make his mind freed from all material desires. Then one can live at Vṛndāvana and relish its residential benefit. So Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says that. Viṣaya chāḍiyā kabe, śuddha ha'be mana: "When my mind will be freed from the contamination of this material enjoyment and I shall be purified, then it will be possible for me to see Vṛndāvana as it is.'' Otherwise it is not possible.

So I was begging to become free from all material desires so I could fully experience Vrindavan as it is, the transcendental abode of Lord Sril Krishna, in which whose pastimes are still going on right now for those who have the eyes to see.

Having been named "Sankarshan Das" by Srila Prabhupada I have a natural attraction for that name. So after arriving at Govardhan I walked along Govardhan until I arrived at Sankarshan Kunda, a famous place of Lord Balarama pastimes. (Balarama is also known as Sankarshan.) I offered my dandavats, took the sacred water on my head, and prayed for the mercy of remaining in the material world until all the conditioned souls are delivered back to Godhead.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Villager's Home by Govardhan on the Way to Sankarshan Kunda

Sankarshan Kunda at Sunset

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Hare Krishna, dear Guru Maharaj,

Dandavat Pranams.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, to you, and to Guru Mataji.

In the Bhagavad-gītā (5.18) it is said that a learned sage looks equally on a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a caṇḍāla (dog-eater), a dog or a cow due to his spiritual vision.

How to attain such spiritual vision?

Your insignificant servant, Gaurav
From: C. Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, India

Answer

From: Sri Rupa Seva Kunj, Aanyor, Uttar Pradesh, India

My Dear Gaurav,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

See everything through the eyes of the scriptures, not your mundane vision.

I hope this meets you in the best of health and in a cheerful mood.

Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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