56 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

anadir adir govindah
sarva-karana-karanam

“Krsna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme
Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful spiritual body.
He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He
is the prime cause of all causes.’’(Bs. 5.1)

The word Govinda means “He who gives pleasure
to the senses.” We perceive pleasure through our
senses, and therefore Krsna, who is the reservoir of
pleasure, is called Govinda. If we serve Krsna with
purified senses, we will begin to relish the pleasure
of that supreme reservoir.

How can we describe God or understand His
glories? It is not possible. God is unlimited. Regard-
less of our finite limitations, however, we can express
our own feelings and say, “My God, my Lord.”
This will be accepted. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
teaches us to pray in this way:

ayi nandatanuja kinkaram
patitam mam visame bhavambudhau
krpaya tava pada-pankaja-
sthita-dhulisadrsam vicintaya

“O son of Maharaja Nanda, I am Your eternal ser-
vitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have
fallen in the ocean of birth and death. Please, there-
fore, pick me up from this ocean of death and fix
me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.”
(Siksastakam, 5)

This should be the standard of prayer; we should
