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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
shall be able to meet with Me, and you shall enjoy Me as your husband.”
Taking shelter of the shade of the trees, Krṣṇa became very happy. While walking He began to address the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. “My dear Stokakrṣṇa, My dear Varūthapa, My dear Bhadrasena, My dear Sudāmā, My dear Subala, My dear Arjuna, My dear Viśāla, My dear Rṣabha—just look at these most fortunate trees of Vṛndāvana. They have dedicated their lives to the welfare of others. Individually they are tolerating all kinds of natural disturbances, such as hurricanes, torrents of rain, scorching heat and piercing cold, but they are very careful to relieve our fatigues and give us shelter. My dear friends, I think they are glorified in this birth as trees. They are so careful to give shelter to others that they are like noble, highly elevated charitable men who never deny charity to one who approaches them. No one is denied shelter by these trees. They supply various kinds of facilities to human society, such as leaves, flowers, fruit, shade, roots, bark, flavor extracts and fuel. They are the perfect example of noble life. They are like a noble person who has sacrificed everything possible—his body, mind, activities, intelligence and words—in engaging in the welfare of all living entities.”
Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead walked on the bank of the Yamunā, touching the leaves of the trees and their fruits, flowers and twigs, and praising their glorious welfare activities. Different people may accept certain welfare activities to be beneficial for human society, according to their own views, but the welfare activity that can be rendered to people in general, for eternal benefit, is the spreading of the Krṣṇa consciousness movement. Everyone should be prepared to propagate this movement. As instructed by Lord Caitanya, one should be humbler than the grass on the ground and more tolerant than the tree. The toleration of the trees is explained by Lord Krṣṇa Himself, and those who are engaged in the preaching of Krṣṇa consciousness should learn lessons from the teachings of Lord Krṣṇa and Lord Caitanya through Their direct discipline succession.
While passing through the forest of Vṛndāvana on the bank of the Yamunā, Krṣṇa sat down at a beautiful spot and allowed the cows to drink the cold and transparent water of the Yamunā. Being fatigued, the cowherd boys, Krṣṇa and Balarāma also drank. After seeing the young gopīs taking bath in the Yamunā, Krṣṇa passed the rest of the morning with the boys.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-second Chapter of Krṣṇa, “Stealing the Garments of the Unmarried Gopī Girls.”