Text 27] Departure of Lord Krsna for Dvarkaa 543
yasaskari—famous; bhuvah—the earth planet; pasyanti—see; nityam—
constantly; yat—that which; anugraha-isitam—to bestow benediction;
smita-avalokam—glance with the favor of sweet smiling; sva-patim—unto
the soul of the living being (Krsna); sma—used to; yat-prajah—the inhabi-
tants of the place.
TRANSLATION
Undoubtedly it is wonderful that Dvaraka has defeated the glories of
the heavenly planets and has enhanced the celebrity of the earth. The
inhabitants of Dvaraka are always seeing the soul of all living beings
[Krsna] in His loving feature. He glances at them and favors them with
sweet smiles.
PURPORT
The heavenly planets are inhabited by demigods like Indra, Candra,
Varuna, Vayu, etc., and the pious souls reach there after performance of
many virtuous acts on earth. Modern scientists agree also that the timing
arrangement in higher planetary systems is different from the earth. Thus
it is understood from the revealed scriptures that the duration of life there
is 10,000 years (by our calculation). Six months on earth is equal to one
day on the heavenly planets. Facilities of enjoyment are also similarly
enhanced, and the beauty of the inhabitants is legendary. Common men
on the earth are very much fond of reaching the heavenly planets because
they have heard that comforts of life are far greater there than on the
earth. They are now trying to reach the moon by spacecraft. Considering
all this, the heavenly planets are more celebrated than the earth. But the
celebrity of earth has defeated that of the heavenly planets because of
Dvaraka, where Lord Sri Krsna reigned as King. Three places, namely Vrn-
davana, Mathura and Dvaraka, are more important than the famous planets
within the universe. These places are perpetually sanctified because when-
ever the Lord descends on earth He displays His transcendental activities
particularly in these three places. They are perpetually the holy lands of
the Lord. and the inhabitants still take advantage of the holy places, even
though the Lord is now out of their sight. The Lord is the soul of all living
beings, and He desires always to have all the living beings, in their svaripa,
or in their constitutional position, to participate in transcendental life in
His association. His attractive features and sweet smiles go deep into the
hearts of everyone, and once it is so done the living being is admitted
