26/11/24 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7: Nistha, the Spine of Spiritual Life (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Krsna is received as a dear friend by the trees and creepers of Vrndavana.
Trees and creepers cry out to Krsna not to be forgotten.
Visvanatha Cakravarti Pada describes Vrndavana with the humor of a family man, where the trunks of the trees are fathers, the branches are mothers, the leaves are sons and the fruits are daughters.
Family life is happy where all members are serving Gurudeva and Krsna, all tied by the thread of prema.
Srila Sukadeva Gosvami Pada, in Venu Madhuryam, describes the sweetness of Krsna’s flute and the incomparable beauty of Govinda’s form.
Topics on the three holy places, Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka Puri, where Krsna manifests Himself in different moods.
The peacock feather and the flute are exclusive ornaments of Vrajendra-nandana Krsna, the Krsna of Vrndavana.
The different moods in the glorification of Krsna.
People with impersonal knowledge can only see the effulgence of the light emanating from Krsna.
Upon hearing the sound of Krsna’s flute, all the Gopis abandon their duties and run side by side towards Govinda.
A pastime in which Dronacarya calls the Kauravas and Pandavas for a test, and only Arjuna passes the test.
A wife’s chastity lies in her one-pointedness towards her husband.
The Tamal and Kadamba trees are always together in Vrndavana and thus represent the conjugal love of the Divine Couple Radha and Krsna.
Krsna declares that all gopis are chaste.
Story of a brahmana and his chaste wife, who asks not to be woken up in any way.
Story of the husband who, on the king’s orders, goes to the forest for five days and leaves a murti so that his wife can continue to serve him in his absence.
The song Gopi Gita and how the rasa-lila takes place.
Krsna orders the gopis to return to their homes, and even though they don’t want to, they return.
Krsna’s pastimes in Dvaraka with queens Satyabhama, Rukmini and the flower of the parijat tree.
Story of the very poor woodcutter who loses his axe.
