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The Nectar of Devotion
and His lips are colored like copper, and through those lips there comes a sound vibration which drives one madder than a mad elephant. I want so much to see Him at Vrndāvana!”
In the same  Karṇāmṛta  there is another statement about the chanting of Rādhārāṇī. It is said by one of the associates of Rādhārāṇī: “O Lord Govinda, the girl who is daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu is now shedding tears, and She is anxiously chanting Your holy name—Krṣna! Krṣna!”
This attachment for chanting the glories of the Lord is also stated in the  Karṇāmṛta  as follows: “What shall I do for Kṛṣṇa, who is pleasing beyond all pleasurable conceptions, and who is naughtier than all restless boys? The idea of Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful activities is attracting my heart, and I do not know what I can do!”
Attaction for Living in a Place Where Krsna Has His Pastimes
In the book  Padyāvalī  by Rūpa Gosvāmī there is the following statement about Vṛndāvana: “In this place the son of Mahārāj Nanda used to live with His father, who was king of all cowherd men. In this place Lord Kṛṣṇa broke the cart in which the Śakaṭāsura demon was concealed. At this place Dāmodara, who can cut the knot of our material existence, was tied up by His mother Yaśodā.”
A pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa resides in the district of Mathurā or Vṛndāvana and visits all the places where Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes were performed. At these sacred places Kṛṣṇa displayed His childhood activities with the cowherd boys and Mother Yaśodā. The system of circumambulating all these places is still current among devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and those coming to Mathurā and Vṛndāvana always feel transcendental pleasure. Actually, if someone goes to Vṛndāvana, he will immediately feel separation from Kṛṣṇa, who performed such nice activities when He was present there.
Such attraction for remembering Krṣṇa’s activities is known as attachment for Krṣṇa. There are impersonalist philosophers and mystics, however, who by a show of devotional service want ultimately