142 The Nectar of Devotion

and His lips are colored like copper, and through those lips there
comes a sound vibration which drives one madder. than a mad ele-
phant. I want so much to see Him at Vrndavana!”’

In the same Karndmrta there is another statement about the chant-
ing of Radharani. It is said by one of the associates of Radharani: ‘‘O
Lord Govinda, the girl who is daughter of King Vrsabhanu is now
shedding tears, and She is anxiously chanting Your holy name—
Krsna! Krsna!”

This attachment for chanting the glories of the Lord is also stated
in the Karnamrta as follows: “What shall I do for Krsna, who is pleas-
ing beyond all pleasurable conceptions, and who is naughtier than all
restless boys? The idea of Krgna’s beautiful activities is attracting my
heart, and I do not know what I can do!”

Attraction for Living in a Place Where Krsna Has His Pastimes

In the book Padydvali by Ripa Gosvami there is the following
statement about Vrndavana: “In this place the son of Maharaj Nanda
used to live with His father, who was king of all cowherd men. In
this place Lord Krsna broke the cart in which the Sakatasura demon
was concealed. At this place Damodara, who can cut the knot of our
material existence, was tied up by His mother Yasgoda.”

A pure devotee of Lord Krsna resides in the district of Mathura or
Vrndavana and visits all the places where Krsna’s pastimes were per-
formed. At these sacred places Krsna displayed His childhood activi-
ties with the cowherd boys and Mother Yasoda. The system of cir-
cumambulating all these places is still current among devotees of
Lord Krsna, and those coming to Mathura and Vrndavana always feel
transcendental pleasure. Actually, if someone goes to Vrndavana, he
will immediately feel separation from Krsna, who performed such
nice activities when He was present there.

Such attraction for remembering Krgna’s activities is known as at-
tachment for Krsna. There are impersonalist philosophers and mys-
tics, however, who by a show of devotional service want ultimately
