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Om Vishnupad 108 Tridandi Swami Sri Srimat Bhakti Sravan Tirtha Goswami Maharaj ki Jai !!

 

Devotees often ask, “If the Vrajavasis loved Krishna so much then why didn’t they go to Mathura to meet their dearest Krishna and Balaram after Akrura whisked them away from their hearts one dismal day in February? After all, Mathura is only eight kilometers from Vrndavana.”

Our acharyas tell us of 5 key reasons they did not go to Mathura.

Sweet Intimate Pastimes

Mathura and Dwarka are filled with opulence and grandeur (aishwarya), formality and social etiquette which generate an atmosphere of awe and reverence that creates a distance between loving hearts. Vaikuntha is God’s office and Vrindavan is God’s playground. Only in Vrindavan and nowhere else, can Krishna experience the sweet and natural, free-flowing, uninhibited love of the Vrajavasis. In Vrindavan , Krishna carries Nanda’s slippers on His head; Yasoda bathes Krishna in the Nandgaon kunda using cow dung; Govinda loses to his mates in play and carries the winning gopas upon His shoulders; Madhava massages Radha’s feet and bathes them with His tears to mollify Her sulking anger; and Krishna sometimes dons a female disguise to meet Radha in Her in-laws home. 

Nowhere else but in Vraja dham such inconceivably sweet, intimate and loving exchanges take place. Thus the Vrajavasis did not want to interact with Krishna in an atmosphere of formality in Mathura when Krishna was with his birth mother, father and other family members. They felt that was not their place.

Faith in Krishna’s Promise

Because of their absolute faith and love, the Vrajavasis had full faith in Krishna’s promise that He would return soon. Thus they patiently awaited Krishna’s arrival.”

Sweet Memories

Although the Vrajavasis were all burning in separation from Krishna, they sustained their lives by remembering Krishna’s lilas in the villages, in the Yamuna, in the forests and pastures of Vraja. Memories connect separated hearts. Their meditation on Krishna in separation is the highest example of perfect worship.

News Reports

The regular visits of Narada Muni and Uddhav to Vraja, as also the messengers on horse back that Nanda baba had established bringing the latest news of Krishna’s activities in Mathura, and later in Dwarka gave immense reassurance. Thus the Vrajavasis remained in Vrindavan, because for them, Vrindavan was Krishna and Krishna was Vrindavan.

Prevent Suffering for Krishna

The Vrajavasis felt so distressed without Krishna that they wanted to give up their lives. But they didn’t, because they knew it would cause too much pain to Krishna when He found out. So they dragged on somehow maintaining their lives.

 

In this way, hearing this, we can get a little understanding of the degree and depth of their absolutely selfless, totally self-sacrificing pure love  of the Vrajavasis for Krishna.

 

 

Jai Gurudev!

Jai Jai Shri Radhey !