Devotee: Is Goloka the supreme abode? . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Yes, supreme abode.
- goloka-nāmni nija-dhāmni tale ca tasya
- devi maheśa-hari-dhāmasu teṣu teṣu
- te te prabhāva-nicayā vihitāś ca yena
- govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
- (Bs. 5.43)
This is the statement of Vedas. Goloka-nāmni nija-dhāmni: the Lord has His own abode, which is called Goloka Vṛndāvana. It is the highest planetary system. Below that, goloka-nāmni nija-dhāmni tale ca tasya, below that, devi maheśa-hari-dhāmasu teṣu teṣu. Devī-dhāma. This material world is called Devī-dhāma; it is protected by Durgā. She is the superintendent of this Devī-dhāma. Above that there is Maheśa-dhāma, Maheśa-dhāma, Śiva-loka. Above that, Hari-dhāma, Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Above that there is Goloka Vṛndāvana, or Kṛṣṇa-dhāma.
So Kṛṣṇa consciousness devotees, they are transferred directly to the Goloka Vṛndāvana-dhāma, without any care for this Devī-dhāma, Maheśa-dhāma, Hari-dhāma. Saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ.
- mām upetya kaunteya
- duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam
- nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ
- saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ
- (BG 8.15)
That is the highest perfection. Mām upetya—one who preaches Kṛṣṇa in the Goloka Vṛndāvana-dhāma, that is the highest perfection of life.