Jagat

Bhagavata Nivasa, Vrindavan dravanti hari-bhāvatas taraṇa-tāraṇe'tikṣamās tato druma-taru-prathā vratatayaś ca kṛṣṇa-vratāḥ | sphuranti hariṇā iha prakaṭa-kṛṣṇasāra-prathā mṛgāś ca pada-mārgiṇaḥ pravilasanti vṛndāvane || In Vrindavan forest the trees fulfill their name druma because they melt ( dru ) with love for Krishna; and the name taru because they are very capable of shielding ( tāraṇa ) him from the sun ( taraṇa ). The vines are rightly called vratati because of their firm vow ( vrata ) to serve Krishna. And the deer have fulfilled the meaning of their names  kṛṣṇasāra because they see Krishna as their own essence ( sāra ), and mṛga because they always seek to find ( mṛg ) Krishna's footprints. Comment: In Vrindavan, everything is made of prema-rasa . There is nothing but prema-rasa, and all the living entities, moving or unmoving, are prema-rasa through and through. And as conscious beings, they also respond with all the emotional ...