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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 22
চিন্তামণিপ্রকরসদ্মহ কল্পবৃক্ষ- 
  লক্ষাবৃতেষ্ হরভীরভিপালয়ম্ভম্ । 
  লক্ষ্মীসহস্রশতসম্ভ্রমসেব্যমানং 
  গোবিন্দমাদিপুরুষং তমহং ভজামি ॥ ২২ ॥
cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa- 
  lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam 
  lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ 
  govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
SYNONYMS
cintāmaṇi — touchstone;  prakara —groups made of;  sadmasu —in abodes;  kalpa-vṛkṣa —of desire trees;  lakṣa —by millions;  āvṛteṣu —surrounded;  surabhīḥ — surabhi  cows;  abhipālayantam —tending;  lakṣmī —of goddesses of fortune;  sahasra —of thousands;  śata —by hundreds;  sambhrama —with great respect;  sevyamānam —being served;  govindam —Govinda;  ādi-puruṣaṁ —the original person;  tam —Him;  aham —I;  bhajāmi —worship.
TRANSLATION
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with spiritual gems and surrounded by millions of purpose trees. He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune.”
PURPORT
This is a verse from  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.29). This description of the abode of Kṛṣṇa gives us definite information of the transcendental place where not only is life eternal, blissful and full of knowledge, but there are ample vegetables, milk, jewels, and beautiful homes and gardens tended by lovely damsels who are all goddesses of fortune. Kṛṣṇaloka is the topmost planet in the spiritual sky, and below it are innumerable spheres, a description of which can be found in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . In the beginning of Lord Brahmā’s self-realization he was shown a transcendental vision of the Vaikuṇṭha spheres by the grace of Nārāyaṇa. Later, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, he was shown a transcendental vision of Kṛṣṇaloka. This transcendental vision is like the reception of television from the moon via a mechanical system for receiving modulated waves, but it is achieved by penance and meditation within oneself.
The  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (Second Canto) states that in Vaikuṇṭhaloka the material modes of nature, represented by the qualities of goodness, passion and ignorance, have no influence. In the material world the highest qualitative manifestation is goodness, which is characterized by truthfulness, mental equilibrium, cleanliness, control of the senses, simplicity, essential knowledge, faith in God, scientific knowl-