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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
sarva-upari —above all of them;  śrī-gokula —the place known as Gokula;  vraja-loka-dhāma —the place of Vraja;  śrī-goloka —the place named Goloka;  śveta-dvīpa —the white island;  vṛndāvana nāma —also named Vṛndāvana.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Gokula, the highest of all, is also called Vraja, Goloka, Śvetadvīpa and Vṛndāvana.
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সর্বগ, অনন্ত, বিভূ, রুক্ষতমসম। উপর্যধে ব্যাপিয়াছে, নাছিক নিয়ম ॥ ১৮ ॥
sarvaga, ananta, vibhu, kṛṣṇa-tanu-sama upary-adho vyāpiyāche, nāhika niyama
SYNONYMS
sarva-ga —all-pervading;  ananta —unlimited;  vibhu —the greatest;  kṛṣṇa-tanu-sama —exactly like the transcendental body of Kṛṣṇa;  upari-adhaḥ —up and down;  vyāpiyāche —expanded;  nāhika —there is no;  niyama —regulation.
TRANSLATION
Like the transcendental body of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Gokula is all-pervading, infinite and supreme. It expands both above and below, without any restriction.
PURPORT
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the great authority and philosopher in the line of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, has discussed the abode of Kṛṣṇa in his  Kṛṣṇa-sandarbha . In  Bhagavad-gītā  the Lord refers to “My abode.” Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, examining the nature of Kṛṣṇa’s abode, refers to the  Skanda Purāṇa , which states:
yā yathā bhuvi vartante puryo bhagavataḥ priyāḥ tās tathā santi vaikuṇṭhe tat-tal-līlārtham ādṛtāḥ
“The abodes of Godhead in the material world, such as Dvārakā, Mathurā and Goloka, are facsimiles representing the abodes of Godhead in the kingdom of God, Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma.” The unlimited spiritual atmosphere of that Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma is far above and beyond the material cosmos. This is confirmed in the  Svāyambhuva-tantra  in a discussion between Lord Śiva and Pārvatī regarding the effect of chanting the  mantra  of fourteen syllables. There it is stated: