The All Attractive Couple
Description of Goloka Vrindavan
The following are quotes from Vaishnava texts describing the majesty of Lord Krishna's and Srimati Radharani's qualities and dwelling place, Goloka:
In Vrindavana there are many falls which are always pouring water, and the sound is so sweet that it covers the sound of the crickets. And because water flows all over, the forest always looks very green and beautiful.
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“The inhabitants of Vrindavana were never disturbed by the scorching heat of the sun or the high summer temperatures. The lakes of Vrindavana are surrounded by green grasses, and various kinds of lotus flowers bloom there, and the air blowing in Vrindavana carries the aromatic pollen of those lotus flowers.
When the particles of water from the waves of the Yamuna, the lakes and the waterfalls, touched the bodies of the inhabitants of Vrindavana, they automatically felt a cooling effect. Therefore they were practically undisturbed by the summer season.
Vrindavana is such a nice place. Flowers are always blooming, and there are even various kinds of decorated deer. Birds are chirping, peacocks are crowing and dancing, and bees are humming. The cuckoos there sing nicely in five kinds of tunes.
(from Krsna Book)
Sri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead full of all opulence, and His complete opulences are exhibited only in Braja-dhama. Braja-dhama is made of transcendental touchstone. Its entire surface is the source of all valuable jewels, and the cintamini stone is used to decorate the lotus feet of the maid of Vrindavana.
(from Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 14.220-27)
Vrindavana is a natural forest of desire trees and creepers, and the inhabitants do not want anything but the fruits and flowers of those desire trees. In Vrindavana there are cows that fulfill all desire (kama-dhenus), and their number is unlimited.
They graze from forest to forest delivering only milk. The people want nothing else. In Vrindavana, the natural speech of the people sounds like music and their natural motion resembles a dance. The water in Vrindavana is nectar, and the brahmajyoti effulgence (Krishna's aura), which is full of transcendental bliss, is directly perceived there in its form.
25 Qualities of Srimati Radharani
1. She is very sweet. 2. She is always freshly youthful. 3. Her eyes are always moving. 4. She is always smiling. 5. She has auspicious markings on Her body. 6. Radharani attracts Krishna by the aroma of Her fragrant body. 7. She is an expert singer. 8. She speaks very charmingly and sweetly. 9. She is expert at telling jokes that please Krishna. 10. She is very humble. 11. She is very merciful. 12. She is very intelligence and witty. 13. She dresses very nicely. 14. She is very shy. 15. She is modest and honest. 16. She is completely patient. 17. She is very grave. 18. She always wants to be with Krishna. 19. She is always on the highest devotional platform. 20. She is the abode of loving affairs in Gokula.
21. Her transcendental glories are distinguished in the three worlds.
22. She is affectionate to Her superiors. 23. She is obliged to Her senior girlfriends. 24. She is the chief among Krishna's
gopi girlfriends.
25. She always keeps Krishna under Her control. The word Radha means the greatest worshiper of Krishna. Since Radhas love is the greatest, She gives the greatest pleasure to Sri Krishna.
The beauty of Srimati Radharani is described as: Her eyes defeat the attractive features of the eyes of the cakrai bird. When one sees the face of Radharani, he immediately hates the beauty of the moon. Her bodily complexion defeats the beauty of gold. Thus, let us all look upon the transcendental beauty of Srimati Radharani.
(Nectar of Devotion)
"Jagat mohana krsna tanhara mohini, ataeva samastera para thakurani."
Krishna enchants the whole world, but Srimati Radhika enchants even Him. Therefore, Radha is the Supreme Goddess. (Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 4.95)
Srimati Radharani is the center of all Vrindavana activities. In Vrindavana, Krishna is the instrument of Srimati Radharani; therefore all the inhabitants of Vrindavana still chant Jaya Radhe. From Krishnas own statement given herein, it appears that Radharani is the Queen of Vrindavana and that Krishna is simply Her decoration.
(Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 11.150 purport)
64 Qualities of Sri Krishna
1) Beautiful features of the entire body;
2) marked with all auspicious characteristics;
3) extremely pleasing; 4) effulgent; 5) strong;
6) ever youthful; 7) wonderful linguist;
8) truthful; 9) talks pleasingly; 10) fluent;
11) highly learned; 12) highly intelligent;
13) a genius; 14) artistic; 15) extremely clever; 16) expert; 17) grateful; 18) firmly determined; 19) an expert judge of time and circumstances; 20) sees and speaks on the authority of the scriptures the;21) pure; 22) self-controlled;
23) steadfast; 24) forbearing; 25) forgiving;
26) grave; 27) self-satisfied; 28) possessing equilibrium; 29) magnanimous; 30) religious;
31) heroic; 32) compassionate; 33) respectful; 34) gentle; 35) liberal; 36) shy; 37) protector of surrendered souls; 38) happy;
39) well-wisher of devotees; 40) controlled by love; 41) all-auspicious; 42) most powerful;
43) all-famous; 44) popular; 45) partial to devotees; 46) very attractive to all women;
47) all-worshipable; 48) all-opulent; 49) all-honorable; and 50) the Supreme controller. These fifty qualities, however, may also be found in varying degrees in some of the jivas or common living entities in this universe. But they are found in Lord Krishna to an unlimited degree. But besides these 50 qualities, there are five more which may also be manifested at times in the forms of Lord Brahma and Shiva. These are: 51) changeless; 52) all-cognizant; 53) ever-fresh; 54) sat-cid-ananda-vigraha--possessing a transcendental form of eternity, full of knowledge and absolute bliss; and 55) possessing all mystic perfection.
Beyond the above mentioned qualities, which may be seen in other forms of Divinity such as the demigods, Lord Krishna has the following exceptional qualities which are also manifested in the form of Narayana or Vishnu, His form as the Lord of Vaikuntha.
These are:
56) inconceivable potency;
57) uncountable universes are generated from His body; 58) the original source of all incarnations;
59) the giver of salvation to the enemies He kills; and 60) the attractor of liberated souls. Besides the above-mentioned traits, Lord Krishna has four more qualities that are found only in Him, and not even in His forms of Vishnu, not to mention any of the demigods. These are: 61) the performer of wonderful pastimes (especially his
childhood pastimes);
62) surrounded by devotees endowed with unsurpassed love of Godhead; 63) the attractor of all living entities in all universes through the expert playing of His flute; and 64) possessor of unexcelled beauty without rival. All of these qualities are those of someone who has a highly developed form and personality.
Krishna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He has an eternal blissful
spiritual body.
He is the origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.
(Brahma-samhita 5.1)
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending cows yielding all desires
in abodes built with spiritual gems and surrounded by millions of purpose trees.
He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune.
(Brahma-samhita 5.29)
"That supreme abode is called unmanifested and infallible,
and it is the supreme destination.
When one goes there,
one never comes back.
That is My supreme abode."
Lord Krishna - Bhagavad Gita, Chap 8 Text 21
"Even if it were possible to count the atoms after smashing the earth into powder, still it would not be possible to estimate the unfathomable transcendental qualities of the Lord."
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
Srimad Bhagavatam, 1.16.26-30, Purport
