386 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
TEXT 22
fosiafiasqqay sHT-
PR ITS VAS laferiaysy |
HH) AST SATACAA ATA
catfamatfaneae SaZs SHA 22 1
cintamani-prakara-sqdmasu kalpa-vrksa-
laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam
laksmi-sahasra-Sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam
govindam Gdi-purusam tam aham bhajami
SYNONYMS

cintamani— touchstone; prakara—groups made of, sadmasu—in abodes; kalpa-
vrksa—of desire trees; /aksa—by millions; avrtesu—surrounded; surabhih—surabhi cows,
abhipalayantam—tending; /Jaksmi—of goddesses of fortune; sahasra—of thousands;
Sata—by hundreds; sambhrama—with great respect; sevyamdGnam—being served;
govindam—Govinda; ddi-purusam—the original person; tam—Him; aham—|; bhajami
—worship.

TRANSLATION

“| 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-samhita (5.29). This description of the abode of
Krsna 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. Krsnaloka is the topmost planet in the spiritual sky, and below
it are innumerable spheres, a description of which can be found in Srimaa-
Bhagavatam. \n the beginning of Lord Brahma’s self-realization he was shown a
transcendental vision of the Vaikuntha spheres by the grace of Narayana. Later, by
the grace of Krsna, he was shown a transcendental vision of Krsnaloka. This
transcendental vision is like the reception of television from the moon via a me-
chanical system for receiving modulated waves, but it is achieved by penance and
meditation within oneself.

The Srimad-Bhagavatam (Second Canto) states that in Vaikunthaloka 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-
