VMA 2.33 : Vrindavan, on the divine island
The Yoga Peeth as depicted by the Nimbarka sampradaya. From Salemabad. pūrṇa-premānanda-cic-candrikābdher madhye dvīpaṁ kiñcid āścarya-rūpam| tatrāścaryābhāti vṛndāṭavīyaṁ tatrāścaryau gaura-nīla-kiśorau || In the spiritual moonlight ocean of perfect love and bliss is an island of wondrous form. Upon that island appears this wondrous wood, Vrindavan, where are manifest a wondrous duo, in the spring of youth, one fair and one dark. Here again the dual nature of the Divine Couple, opposites not only of male and femaleness, but in color of darkness and fairness, stressing that here exists the union of opposites. Where? In the midst of an island in the middle of an ocean that itself is formed of complete spiritual ecstatic love, a cooling ocean of moonlight.This image of an island is universal symbol that recurs throughout mythology, and stands for the primordial spiritual center, a supreme sanctuary beyond the world of experience. It appears in India, for instan...