Jagat

Govinda Kund at Anyaur, Govardhan. vṛndā-kānana kānanasya paramā śobhā parātaḥ parā- nanda tvad-guṇa-vṛndam eva madhuraṁ yenāniśaṁ gīyate | hā vṛndāvana koṭi-jīvanam api tvatto'titucchaṁ yadi jñātaṁ tarhi kim asti yat tṛṇakavac chakyeta nopekṣitum|| Vrindavan! You possess all the highest, most transcendent beauties of a woodland, and so you are supremely blissful! Ah Vrindavan! If someone should constantly sing sweetly of your virtues, and know that in comparison to you, even millions of lifetimes are extremely insignificant, then what is there in this world that he could not disregard, even as one disregards a blade of grass? This verse is repeated at 3.22. See also VMA 2.25 :  Vrindavan's divine sylvan virtues What a fortune to live in the Holy Dham! Here again Prabodhananda Saraswatipada talks about the sylvan virtues. Though Prabodhananda specifically talks about Vrindavan, his Vrindavan should really be taken to mean the whole of Braj . ...

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 ...

divyāneka-vicitra-puṣpa-phalavad-vallī-tarūṇāṁ tatir divyāneka-mayūra-kokila-śukādy-ānanda-mādyat-kalāḥ | divyāneka-saraḥ-sarid-giri-vara-pratyagra-kuñjāvalīr divyā kāñcana-ratna-bhūmir api māṁ vṛndāvane'mohayat ||2.2|| With divine rows of trees and vines filled with multitude varieties of flowers and fruits, With divine, maddening, blissful cooing of the multitudes of peacocks, cuckoos, and parrots, With divine groves in every spot by the mountain, with many multitudes of lakes, and streams, the divine golden ground  in Vrindavan,  studded with jewels,  has enchanted me . Commentary It is morning in Vrindavan. Somewhere, not far away, arati bells are ringing. We find ourselves in the Vrindavan of Prabodhananda. It is not immediately apparent if we are in the divine Vrindavan or the worldly Vrindavan, but in either case, Prabodhananda sees it as divine. In fact, Prabodhananda here follows the classical meditation of the Dham, which is the setting...