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Ššči Calitanva-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lila]] Ch 8
The spiritual realm of Vṛndāvana is always spiritual. The goddess of fortune and the  gopīs  are always present there. They are beloved by Kṛṣṇa, and all of them are equally spiritual like Kṛṣṇa. In Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person and is the husband of all the  gopīs  and the goddess of fortune. The trees in Vṛndāvana are wish-fulfilling trees. The land is made of touchstone, and the water is nectar. Words are musical vibrations, and all movements are dancing. The flute is the Lord's constant companion. The planet Goloka Vṛndāvana is self-luminous like the sun and is full of spiritual bliss. The perfection of life lies in tasting that spiritual existence; therefore everyone should cultivate its knowledge. In Vṛndāvana, spiritual cows are always supplying spiritual milk. Not a single moment is wasted there—in other words, there is no past, present or future. Not a single particle of time is wasted. Within this material universe, the devotees worship that transcendental abode as Goloka Vṛndāvana. Lord Brahmā himself said, "Let me worship that spiritual land where Kṛṣṇa is present." This transcendental Vṛndāvana is not appreciated by those who are not devotees or self-realized souls because this Vṛndāvana-dhāma is all spiritual. The pastimes of the Lord there are also spiritual. None are material. According to the prayer of Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura ( Prārthanā  1):
āra kabe nitāi-cāṅdera karuņā haibe saṁsāra-vāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha’be.
“When will Lord Nityānanda have mercy upon me so that I can realize the uselessness of material pleasure?”
vişaya-chāḍiyā kabe śuddha ha’be mana kabe hāma heraba śrī-vṛndāvana
“When will my mind be cleansed of all material dirt so that I will be able to feel the presence of spiritual Vṛndāvana?”
rūpa-raghunātha-pade haibe ākuti kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala-pirīti
“When will I be attracted to the instructions of the Gosvāmīs so that I will be able to understand what is Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and what is Vṛndāvana?”
These verses indicate that one first has to be purified of all material desires and all attraction for fruitive activity and speculative knowledge if one wishes to understand Vŗndāvana.
In reference to the words  aprākṛta   navīna   madana , “ aprākṛta ” refers to that which is the very opposite of the material conception. The Māyāvādīs consider this to be zero or impersonal, but that is not the case. Everything in the material