Krishna in Dvaraka

07 Nov 2025 morning – Sri Krsna’s Lilas in Dvaraka (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Krsna needed to finish His activities (mainly killing the demons). – Srimati Radhika said to Uddhava: “Let Him complete His purpose before returning.” – “Oh gopis, please be patient, think that I am already there.” Don’t press too hard for Krsna to return. – Krsna was very harsh in His words, telling the queens of Dvaraka that they were not qualified to be His wives and that He had only married them because they slightly resembled the...

06 Nov 2025 morning – The Difference Between the Rasa of the Gopis and the Queens of Dvaraka (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

In Dvaraka, Krsna married 16,108 queens. In Vrndavana, Krsna manifests His heroic moods, dhira-lalita-nayaka, and Sri Radha manifests Her corresponding heroic moods, svadhinabhartrka-nayika. Radha controls Krsna; He does everything She asks. Lila in which Krsna places Radha’s feet on His head. Description of the various activities that take place in the rasa dance: the lights, the beauty of the dance, its ornaments. Ujjvala Nilamani details the beauty of the gopis’ encounter with...