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The Nectar of Instruction
vaikunthāj janito varā madhu-purī tatrāpi rāsotsavād vṛndāraṇyam udāra-pāṇi-ramaṇāt tatrāpi govardhanaḥ rādhā-kuṇḍam ihāpi gokula-pateḥ premāmṛtāplāvanāt kuryād asya virājato giri-tate sevāṁ vivekī na kaḥ
vaikuṇṭhāt —than Vaikuṇṭha, the spiritual world;  janitaḥ —because of birth;  varā —better;  madhu-purī —the transcendental city known as Mathurā;  tatra api —superior to that;  rāsa-utsavāt —because of the performance of the  rāsa-līlā ;  vṛndā-araṇyam —the forest of Vṛndāvana;  udāra-pāṇi —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  ramaṇāt —because of various kinds of loving pastimes;  tatra api —superior to that;  govardhanaḥ —Govardhana Hill;  rādhā-kuṇḍam —the place known as Rādhā-kuṇḍa;  iha api —superior to this;  gokula-pateḥ —of Kṛṣṇa, the master of Gokula;  prema-amṛta —with the nectar of divine love;  āplāvanāt —because of being overflooded;  kuryāt —would do;  asya —of this (Rādhā-kuṇḍa);  virājataḥ —situated;  giri-taṭe —at the foot of Govardhana Hill;  sevām —service;  vivekī —who is intelligent;  na —not;  kaḥ —who.
TRANSLATION
The holy place known as Mathurā is spiritually superior to Vaikuṇṭha, the transcendental world, because the Lord appeared there. Superior to Mathurā-purī is the transcendental forest of Vṛndāvana because of Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa-lilā pastimes. And superior to the forest