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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
the  karmīs . When a  karmī  performs some ritualistic ceremony, his ambition is sense gratification—good position, good wife, good house, good children or good wealth; but the ambition of the members of the Yadu dynasty was different. Their ambition was to offer perpetual faith and devotion to Krṣṇa. All the members of the Yadu dynasty were great devotees. As such, after many births of accumulated pious activities, they were given the chance to associate with Lord Krṣṇa. In going to take their baths in the place of pilgrimage at Kurukṣetra or observing the regulative principles during the solar eclipse or feeding the  brāhmaṇas —in all their activities—they simply thought of devotion to Krṣṇa. Their ideal worshipable Lord was Krṣṇa, and no one else.
After feeding the  brāhmaṇas , it is the custom for the host, with their permission, to accept  prasādam . Thus, with the permission of the  brāhmaṇas , all the members of the Yadu dynasty took lunch. Then they selected resting places underneath big, shadowy trees, and when they had taken sufficient rest, they prepared to receive visitors, among whom there were relatives and friends, as well as many subordinate kings and rulers. There were the rulers of the Matsya Province, Uśīnara Province, Kośala Province, Vidarbha Province, Kuru Province, Srījaya Province, Kāmboja Province, Kekaya Province and many other countries and provinces. Some of the rulers belonged to opposing parties, and some were friends. But above all, the visitors from Vrṇdāvana were most prominent. The residents of Vrṇdāvana, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, had been living in great anxiety because of separation from Krṣṇa and Balarāma. Taking advantage of the solar eclipse, they all came to see their life and soul, Krṣṇa and Balarāma.
The inhabitants of Vrṇdāvana were well-wishers and intimate friends of the Yadu dynasty. This meeting of the two parties after long separation was a very touching incident. Both the Yadus and the residents of Vrṇdāvana felt such great pleasure in meeting and talking together that it was a unique scene. Meeting after long separation, they were all jubilant; their hearts were throbbing, and their faces appeared like freshly bloomed lotus flowers. There were drops of tears falling from their eyes, the hair on their bodies stood on end, and because of their extreme ecstasy, they were temporarily speechless. In other words, they began to dive in the ocean of happiness.
While the men were meeting in that way, the women were also meeting one another in the same manner. They were embracing each other in great friendship, smiling very mildly, and looking at one another with much affection. When they were embracing each other in their arms, the saffron and  kuṅkuma  spread on their breasts was exchanged from one person to