View source for Krsna abode, the planet which is called Goloka Vrndavana, that has three divisions. As we have got replica on this earth, there is Vrndavana, Mathura, and Dvaraka. Dvaraka is in Gujarat, and Mathura and Vrndavana is in U.P., Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"Krsna abode, the planet which is called Goloka Vrndavana, that has three divisions. As we have got replica on this earth, there is Vrndavana, Mathura, and Dvaraka. Dvaraka is in Gujarat, and Mathura and Vrndavana is in U.P., Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Serene}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|23Apr13}}
{{last|23Apr13}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Abode of Krsna]]
[[Category:Planet]]
[[Category:Goloka Vrndavana - Krsnaloka]]
[[Category:Three]]
[[Category:Divisions]]
[[Category:We Have]]
[[Category:Replica]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Vrndavana]]
[[Category:Mathura]]
[[Category:Dvaraka]]
[[Category:Gujarat]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Near]]
[[Category:Delhi]]
</div>
<div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2>
</div>
<div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Lectures" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures"><h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3>
</div>
<div id="LectureonCCMadhyalila211349NewYorkJanuary41967_0" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="104" link="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 21.13-49 -- New York, January 4, 1967" link_text="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 21.13-49 -- New York, January 4, 1967">
<div class="heading">Kṛṣṇa abode, the planet which is called Goloka Vṛndāvana, that has three divisions. As we have got replica on this earth, there is Vṛndāvana, Mathurā, and Dvārakā. Dvārakā is in Gujarat, and Mathurā and Vṛndāvana is in U.P., Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi.
</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 21.13-49 -- New York, January 4, 1967|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 21.13-49 -- New York, January 4, 1967]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">verse:</p>
:apāra aiśvarya kṛṣṇera-nāhika gaṇana
:śākhā-candra-nyāye kari dig-daraśana
:aiśvarya kahite sphurila aiśvarya-sāgara
:manendriya ḍubilā, prabhu ha-ilā phāṅpara
:bhāgavatera ei śloka paḍilā āpane
:artha āsvādite sukhe karena vyākhyāne
<p>Now, Caitanya Mahāprabhu's attitude was... When He was speaking of Kṛṣṇa He sometimes became in trance, and He became sometimes unconscious. That was His... Because Caitanya Mahāprabhu's incarnation is that He is Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is trying to understand Kṛṣṇa as Kṛṣṇa's devotee. That is His feature. These are very complicated things, but that is the position of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. So when He used to speak something of Kṛṣṇa, He sometimes became unconscious.</p>
:brahmā viṣṇu hara-ei sṛṣṭyādi-īśvara
:tine ājñākārī kṛṣṇera kṛṣṇa-adhīśvara
<p>So... So far the demigods are concerned, Brahmā is the chief. Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, they are ājñākārī. They are under the order of Kṛṣṇa: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara.</p>
:e sāmānya tryadhīśvarera śuna artha āra
:jagat-kāraṇa tina puruṣāvatāra
<p>Then there are three puruṣa-avatāras, we have already discussed. Jagat... For material creation there are three puruṣa incarnations.</p>
:mahā-viṣṇu, padmanābha, kṣīrodaka-svāmī
:ei tina-sthūla-sūkṣma-sarva-antaryāmī
<p>And those three incarnations are called Mahā-Viṣṇu, Padmanābha, Padmanābha Viṣṇu. Padmanābha means from His navel there is a stem of lotus flower, and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu... Ei tina-sthūla-sūkṣma-sarva-antaryāmī.</p>
:ei tina-sarvāśraya jagat-īśvara
:eho saba kalā-aṁśa kṛṣṇa-adhīśvara
<p>So all these incarnations are plenary parts of Kṛṣṇa. And this is confirmed in Brahma-saṁhitā:</p>
:yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya
:jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ
:viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo
:govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
:(Bs. 5.48)
<p>So Govinda, the Supreme Lord, the cause of all causes, His plenary portions are these three Viṣṇus.</p>
:ei artha-madhyama, śuna 'gūḍha' artha āra
:tina āvāsa-sthāna kṛṣṇera śāstre khyāti yāra
<p>Now, Kṛṣṇa abode, the planet which is called Goloka Vṛndāvana, that has three divisions. As we have got replica on this earth, there is Vṛndāvana, Mathurā, and Dvārakā. Dvārakā is in Gujarat, and Mathurā and Vṛndāvana is in U.P., Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi. And Dvārakā is about three hundred miles or more than that from Delhi. So these are replicas of the original Kṛṣṇaloka.</p>
:'antaḥpura'-goloka-śrī-vṛndāvana
:yāhāṅ nitya-sthiti mātā-pitā-bandhu-gaṇa
:madhuraiśvarya-mādhurya-kṛpādi-bhāṇḍāra
:yogamāyā dāsī yāhāṅ rāsādi līlā-sāra
<p>So out of these three places, Vṛndāvana-dhāma is the most important. That is the confidential home of Kṛṣṇa. Just like a businessman might have many places for his business activities, but his home is different from all this business. He may live in the countryside in a cottage, but he may be a very big businessman. Similarly Kṛṣṇa, although He's all-powerful, He lives at Vṛndāvana in the gardenlike city. Not city; a tract of land. A small city is there now. They have named Vṛndāvana. But Vṛndāvana's not that small city. It is a tract of land about eighty-four miles. So it is full of gardens and full of nice places. Anywhere you go, you will find something wonderful to see. There are many trees and fruits and flowers, many varieties of birds, and the cranes on the Yamunā side. Each and every place is remembering Kṛṣṇa. If you go there you'll find that "Kṛṣṇa is... Somewhere He was playing. I must find out." It is such nice place. So Vṛndāvana is the most confidential part of Kṛṣṇa's abode.</p>
:tāra tale paravyoma-'viṣṇuloka'-nāma
:nārāyaṇa-ādi ananta svarūpera dhāma
<p>So in the spiritual world, that Vṛndāvana planet is the highest planet, and below that planet there are innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets which are called Viṣṇuloka.</p>
:tāra tale paravyoma-'viṣṇuloka'-nāma
:nārāyaṇa-ādi ananta svarūpera dhāma
<p>And the presiding Deity, predominating Deity in those planets is called Nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa is also expansion of Kṛṣṇa. Generally, Nārāyaṇa is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but from authentic scripture we understand that Nārāyaṇa is expansion of Kṛṣṇa.</p>
:'madhyama-āvāsa' kṛṣṇera-ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-bhāṇḍāra
:ananta svarūpe yāhāṅ karena vihāra
<p>Although Kṛṣṇa is two-handed and, I mean to say, busy with His flute-playing, but we do not know, many do not know, that He is, has expanded as Nārāyaṇa and Viṣṇu. He is the predominating Deity all over the spiritual world.</p>
:ananta vaikuṇṭha yāhāṅ bhāṇḍāra-koṭhari
:pāriṣada-gaṇe ṣaḍ-aiśvarye āche bhari'
<p>And in each and every planet there are innumerable devotees. He's surrounded by the innumerable devotees. And He's reciting evidences, verse from Brahma-saṁhitā:</p>
:goloka-nāmni nija-dhāmni tale ca tasya
:devī-maheśa-hari-dhāmasu teṣu teṣu
:te te prabhāva-nicayā vihitāś ca yena
:govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
:(Bs. 5.43)
<p>His own personal planet is Goloka Vṛndāvana, and below that planet there are many other, innumerable planets which are known as Vaikuṇṭha. And below that spiritual world there is material world. And between material world and spiritual world there is another space, which is called Śivaloka. And below that Śivaloka is this Devī-dhāma. This material is called Devī-dhāma. Durgā. The presiding deity of this Devī-dhāma is Durgā. He's giving evidences from many authentic Vedic literatures. One of them is Brahma-saṁhitā. Then He's giving another evidence from Padma Purāṇa, the existence of spiritual planets. In Indian spiritual society the evidences are given from Vedic literature. Then it is accepted, not that mental speculationist's theory, "I think this. I think that..." No. Just the same example I have several times cited before you, that the law court, they give evidences from the lawbook, sections from the lawbook. Similarly, the process is whenever we speak something transcendental subject, if we can pick up evidences from Vedic literatures... There are many authentic Vedic literatures. They are accepted by the spiritual societies. And one's learning is proved if he can give evidences from these Vedic literatures. Similarly Lord Caitanya, whatever He is speaking, He's giving immediately references from Vedic literature. So, so far the existence of the spiritual world and different planets, spiritual planets, Vaikuṇṭha and Kṛṣṇaloka, one may think... Of course, those who have no knowledge, they may think that these are all stories. No, they are not stories. They are actual facts, and Lord Caitanya is giving evidences from Brahma-saṁhitā, from Padma Purāṇa, and similar other Vedic literatures.</p>
<p>Thank you very much. Any question?</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>