Jagat

The Divine Mother in Sri Krishna's Land . sakṛd api yadi dṛṣṭā hanta vṛndāṭavi tvaṁ sakṛd api yadi rādhā-kṛṣṇa-nāmābhyadhāyi | sakṛd api yadi bhaktyā sannatās tvat-prapannā dhruvam ahaha tadā māmamba nopekṣitāsi || If I have even once beheld you, O Vrindavan forest! If I have even once uttered the names of Radha and Krishna; > If I even once bowed to you with devotion and surrendered myself to you, then it is most certain, O Mother, that you will not neglect me. Commentary Prabodhananda comes to the end of the first century, again calling out to Vrindavan as his mother, assuring us that Vrindavan will never abandon those she has adopted. How does she adopt you as her own and give you shelter? The first thing is to just have seen her. The second is to chant Radha and Krishna's names. The third is to feel reverence for and to surrender to the Dham in prayer. Do this and Vrindavan will, like a mother, never neglect you. Thus ends the first century of Vṛndāv...