Sri Vrindavan Dham

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Description and history of Vrindavan

On this earth, the place known as Vrndavan in the district of Mathura, ninety miles southeast of Delhi, is a replica of that supreme Goloka Vrndavana in the spiritual sky. In all of India, that eighty-four-square-mile tract of land is considered to be the most sacred place of pilgrimage because Krishna sported in it, and many devotees still linger there in ecstasy in search of Krishna and His childhood associates. Srila Prabhupada has explained that "It is not that such devotees meet Krishna face to face in that tract of land, buta devotee's eagerly searching after Krishna is as good as his seeingHim personally. How this is so cannot be explained, but it is factuallyrealized by those who are pure devotees of the Lord." Because Krishna, His name, form, pastimes and remembrance are all on the absolute plane, to search for Him at Vrindavan in pure God consciousness gives morepleasure to the devotee than seeing Him face to face." The Brahma-samhita (5.38) confirms that those devotees whose eyes areanointed with the pulp of love always see the eternal form of Shyamasundar within their hearts.


In Vrndavana the effulgen tground is fashioned with many very wonderful colourful cintamani jewels, the trees and vines are full of blissful spiritual fruits andflowers, the birds make a great tumult by reciting the hymns of theSama Veda, and the lakes and streams are filled with transcendental nectar. May my heart meditate on Vrndavana in this way.

In Vrindavan

Vrndavana is illuminated by numberless moons of spiritual bliss. It is cooled by the sweet nectar of spiritual love and it is filled with desire treesand many hosts of madly cooing birds. Whose heart will not run to Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, who enjoy eternal transcendental pastimes in that Vrindavan.
(Prabodhananda Sarasvati - Sri Vrndavana-mahimamrta)

Vrindavan Beautiful Vrindavan is filled with cintamani gems and many jewel palaces and temples. Many regal swans play in the waters of the Yamuna, and inthose waters a splendid golden lotus flower grows.

In Vrndavan the kadamba trees offer obeisances, their flowering branches reverently touching the ground. Bumble bees enjoy pastimes in Vrndavan, which is filled with a very sweet fragrance.

Radha and Krsna stay in the place where They enjoy pastimes. How beautiful They are.

Their bodiesare decorated with jewel ornaments, and They are wealthy with many gemmines of intelligence and wit.

When will I renounce the circleof material family life, and, drowning in transcendental bliss, go to Vrajabhumi? O Lord Hari, Lord Hari, when will this be?

When will I see Govardhana Hill, my eyes filling with tears? When will I reside at Radha-kunda? When, as a result of constantly wandering in Vrndavan,will this body fall down?

When will I become pure at heart by bathing in the waters of the Yamuna?

Vrindavan-Yamuna When will I circumambulate the land of Vraja, wandering from forest to forest? When, becoming fatigued, will I stop to rest on theshore of the Yamuna?

When will I be able to see the gardens of Vrndavan where the great devotees worshipped the Lord?

When will I find relief from the heat of midday by resting in the coolingshade of Vamsivata? When will I associate with the Vaisnavas in thegroves of Vrndavana?

(Narottama dasa Thakur - Prarthana)