70 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13
away by the waves of maya?” One should come to the spiritual plat-
form, and then one’s activities will be permanent. Krta-punya-pufjah:
this stage is attained after one accumulates the results of pious
activities for many, many lives. Janma-koti-sukrtair na labhyate (Cc.
Madhya 8.70). The Krsna consciousness movement wants to stop koti-
janma, repeated birth and death. In one birth, one should rectify every-
thing and come to permanent life. This is Krsna consciousness.
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Ted HAHSTZATH AMAT WRI
sapady evabhitah pasyan
digo ’pasyat purah-sthitam
vmdavanam jandjivya-
drumdékirnam samé-priyam

sapadi—immediately; eva—indeed; abhitah—on all sides; pasyan—
looking; disah—in the directions; apasyat—Lord Brahma saw; purah-
sthitam—situated in front of him; vrndévanam—Vrndavana; jana-
djivya-druma-akirnam—dense with trees, which were the means of
living for the inhabitants; samd-priyam—and which was equally pleas-
ing in all seasons.

TRANSLATION

Then, looking in all directions, Lord Brahma immediately saw
Vrndavana before him, filled with trees, which were the means of
livelihood for the inhabitants and which were equally pleasing in
all seasons.

PURPORT

Janajivya-drumakirnam: trees and vegetables are essential, and they
give happiness all year round, in all seasons. That is the arrangement in
Vrndavana. It is not that in one season the trees are pleasing and
in another season not pleasing; rather, they are equally pleasing
throughout the seasonal changes. Trees and vegetables provide the real
