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| So these Pāṇḍavas are the best example, and better than the Pāṇḍavas, there are other devotees. And the topmost surrendered devotee are the gopīs. There is no more higher exalted devotees than the gopīs. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended that the gopīs, ramyā kācid upāsanā vraja-vadhū-vargeṇa yā kalpitā (Caitanya-mata-mañjuṣā, quoted in Gauḍīya-kaṇṭhahāra 4.41). There is no better type of worshiping Kṛṣṇa than the method by which gopīs worship Kṛṣṇa. They, their love was so intense that they did not care for any family, any honor or any prestige—nothing. That is the highest, topmost loving stage of Kṛṣṇa. And Kṛṣṇa also loved the gopīs, so much so that Kṛṣṇa asked them that "You cannot expect any return from Me for your ecstatic love. I cannot give you. It is beyond My power." So they purchased Kṛṣṇa. And the topmost gopī is Rādhārāṇī. So we should not consider these gopīs' dealings with Kṛṣṇa as ordinary, material dealings. It is not that. Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ (BS 5.37). The gopīs are expansion of Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency. That is described by Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. Rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī-śaktir asmāt ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 1.5|CC Adi 1.5]]). Hlādinī-śakti. Kṛṣṇa has got the pleasure potency. Parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 13.65|CC Madhya 13.65]], purport). He has got multi-energies. In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa it is also said, parasya brahmaṇaḥ śaktis tathedam akhilaṁ jagat. Whatever we see, that is display of the potencies, different potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just like the sun is ninety-three millions of miles away from this earthly planet. Still, we are getting heat and light, energy of the sun. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa is in the Goloka planet. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ (BS 5.37). That is Kṛṣṇa's energy. Although He is in the Goloka planet, which is the topmost planet in the spiritual world... You cannot estimate the how far the spiritual world is from this material world. From material calculation they say it takes about some forty thousands of years to go to the limit of this universe. Then beyond that universe there is the spiritual world. Paras tasmāt tu bhāvo 'nyaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 8.20|BG 8.20]]), another nature, avyakto 'vyaktāt sanātanaḥ. Then you pass through the spiritual world, brahma-jyotir. There are innumerable, unlimited number of Vaikuṇṭha planets. Then, above all of them, there is the planet Goloka Vṛndāvana, where Kṛṣṇa resides. | | Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has sung, |
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| | :''mānasa deho geho jo kichu mor'' |
| | :''arpiluṅ tuwā pade nanda-kiśor'' |
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| | Nanda-kiśora is Kṛṣṇa. So this is full surrender. "My dear Nanda-kiśora, whatever I have got, now I am offering everything to You." What I have got? ''Mānasa deho geho'': "I have got my body, I have got my mind, and a so-called home or a wife or a few children. What I have got? So everything is offered to You." ''Mānasa deho geho jo kichu mor''. This is full surrender. Now he says, ''mārobi rākhobi jo icchā tohārā'': "I am surrendering to You everything. Now if You like You can save me, or if You like You can kill me." This is full surrender. |
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| | So these Pāṇḍavas are the best example, and better than the Pāṇḍavas, there are other devotees. And the topmost surrendered devotee are the ''gopīs''. There is no more higher exalted devotees than the ''gopīs''. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended that the ''gopīs'', ''ramyā kācid upāsanā vraja-vadhū-vargeṇa yā kalpitā ''(''Caitanya-mata-mañjuṣā'', quoted in ''Gauḍīya-kaṇṭhahāra ''4.41). There is no better type of worshiping Kṛṣṇa than the method by which ''gopīs ''worship Kṛṣṇa. They, their love was so intense that they did not care for any family, any honor or any prestige—nothing. That is the highest, topmost loving stage of Kṛṣṇa. And Kṛṣṇa also loved the ''gopīs'', so much so that Kṛṣṇa asked them that "You cannot expect any return from Me for your ecstatic love. I cannot give you. It is beyond My power." So they purchased Kṛṣṇa. And the topmost ''gopī ''is Rādhārāṇī. So we should not consider these ''gopīs' ''dealings with Kṛṣṇa as ordinary, material dealings. It is not that. ''Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ ''(BS 5.37). The ''gopīs ''are expansion of Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency. That is described by Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. ''Rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī-śaktir asmāt ''([[vanisource:CC Adi 1.5|CC Adi 1.5]]). ''Hlādinī-śakti''. Kṛṣṇa has got the pleasure potency. ''Parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate ''([[vanisource:CC Madhya 13.65|CC Madhya 13.65]], purport). He has got multi-energies. In the ''Viṣṇu Purāṇa ''it is also said, ''parasya brahmaṇaḥ śaktis tathedam akhilaṁ jagat''. Whatever we see, that is display of the potencies, different potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. |
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