128 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

Lord provides everyone with food and shelter, and therefore He will never
fail to care for His devotees who have fully surrendered unto Him. In both
ways the devotee is always protected, and therefore he should not be at all
anxious for his maintenance of life. Sanatan Goswami thus inquired into all
phases of devotional service, and Lord Chaitanya taught him most confiden-
tially from authoritative Scriptures like Srimad Bhagwatam in the matter of
devotional service and Krishna Consciousness.

He then referred to the Vedic literature known as Harivansa, about the
situation of the transcendental Abode of Krishna. This information was dis-
closed by Indra when he offered his prayer after his defeat in challenging the
potency of Krishna. In the Harivansa it is stated that above the Earth there is
sky, where the birds can fly, and those who are expert in operating airplanes
can fly; but the birds and those flying airplanes are unable to reach the higher
planetary systems. The first higher planetary system begins from the Sun
planet. The Sun planet is situated in the middle of the Universe, and above
the Sun planet there are other planetary systems where persons elevated by
great austerities and penances are situated.

The whole material Universe is called Devidhamn, and above the Devidham,
there is Shivadham, where Lord Shiva with his wife Parvati eternally reside.
In that planetary system is the Spiritual Sky, where innumerable Spiritual
Planets, known as Vaikunthas, are situated. And, above Them, there is
Krishna’s Planet known as Goloka. Goloka means the planet of the cows.
Krishna is very fond of cows, and therefore His Abode is known as Goloka.
Goloka is bigger than all the material and spiritual planets put together.

In that prayer of Harivansa, Indra admitted that he could not understand
the situation of Goloka even by asking Brahma. Those who are devotees of
Narayana, another expansion of Krishna, become situated in the Vaikuntha
Planets; but it is very difficult to reach the Goloka Planet. That can be reached
only by persons who are devotees of Lord Chaitanya or Lord Sri Krishna.
Indra then admitted that, “You have descended from that Goloka Planet
in the Spiritual World, and the disturbance which I have created was due
to my foolishness” —and he therefore begged excuse from Lord Krishna.

The last phase of the Pastimes of Lord Krishna is described in the Srimad
Bhagwatam as Mousala Leela, including the mystery of Krishna’s disappearance
from this material world. He played a Pastime that He was killed by a hunter.
There are many disruptive explanations of the last portions of Lord Krishna’s
Pastimes, such as the description of the incarnation of His hair, and Lord
Chaitanya described them in their right interpretation,
