148 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Krsna are the perfection of all meditation and samadhi. It is also confirmed
in the Bhagavad-gita that anyone who is always absorbed in the thought of
Krsna is the topmost of all yogis.

Another gopt expressed her opinion that Krsna and Balarama, while
tending the cows, appeared just like actors going to play on a dramatic
stage. Krsna was dressed in slowing garments of yellow, Balarama in blue,
and They held new twigs of mango tree, peacock feathers, and bunches of
flowers in Their hands. Dressed with garlands of lotus flowers, They were
sometimes singing very sweetly among Their friends. One gopi told her
friend, “How is it Krsna and Balarama are looking so beautiful?” Another
gopt said, ““My dear friend, we cannot even think of His bamboo flute—
what sort of pious activities did it execute so that it is now enjoying the
nectar of the lips of Krsna?’ Krsna sometimes kisses the gopis; therefore
the transcendental nectar of His lips is available only to them, and His lips
are considered their property. Therefore the gopis asked: “How is it
possible that the flute, which is nothing but a bamboo rod, is always
engaged in enjoying the nectar from Krsna’s lips? Because the flute is
engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord, the mother and the father of
the flute must be happy.”

The lakes and the rivers are considered to be the mothers of the trees
because the trees live simply by drinking water. So the waters of the lakes
and rivers of Vrndavana were full of happy lotus flowers because the
waters were thinking, “How is it our son, the bamboo rod, is enjoying the
nectar of Krsna’s lips?” The bamboo trees standing by the banks of the
rivers and the lakes were also happy to see their descendant so engaged in
the service of the Lord, just as persons who are advanced in knowledge
take pleasure to see their descendants engage in the service of the Lord.
The trees were overwhelmed with joy and were incessantly yielding honey,
which flowed from the beehives hanging on the branches.

Sometimes the gopis spoke thus to their friends about Krsna: “Dear
friends, our Vrndavana is proclaiming the glories of this entire earth
because this planet is glorified by the lotus footprints of the son of Devaki.
Besides that, when Govinda plays His flute, the peacocks immediately
become mad. When all the animals and trees and plants, either on the top
of Govardhana Hill or in the valley, see the dancing of the peacock, they all
stand still and listen to the transcendental sound of the flute with great
attention. We think that this boon is not possible or available on any other
planet.” Although the gopis were village cowherd women and girls, they
had knowledge of Krsna. Similarly, one can learn the highest truths simply
by hearing the Vedas from authoritative sources.
