The Supreme Perfection 269

In that Supreme Abode, there are the Surabhi cows, who are overflooding
the land with milk. In that land, the Supreme Abode of Krishna, even a moment
is not misused. Therefore, there is no past, present or future. An expansion of
that Vrindaban, the Supreme Abode of Krishna, is here also on this Earth.
Superior devotees worship this earthly Vrindaban as being as good as the
Supreme Abode Vrindaban. Nobody can appreciate Vrindaban without
being highly elevated in spiritual knowledge, Krishna Consciousness. Vrin-
daban in ordinary experience appears to be just like ordinary land; but in the
eyes of a highly elevated devotee, it is as good as the original Vrindaban.
A great saintly person, an Acharya, has expressed this in his song: “When
will my mind be cleared of all dirty things, and when shall I be able to see
Vrindaban as It is? And when shall I be able to understand the literature left
by the Goswamins—so that I will be able to understand the transcendental
Pastimes of Radha and Krishna?”

The loving affairs in Vrindaban between Krishna and the Gopis are also
transcendental. They appear to be like the ordinary lust of this material world,
but there is a gulf of difference between the moods of Vrindaban and this
material world. In the material world there may be the temporary awakening
of lust, but it disappears after so-called satisfaction. But in the Spiritual World
the love between the Gopis and Krishna is constantly going on, and it is in-
creasing at every moment. That is the difference between the love of the trans-
cendental world, and the lust of the material world. The lust of so-called love
arising out of this body, is as temporary as the body itself. But the love in the
Spiritual World is on the spiritual platform, and the spirit soul is eternal. And
so that love is also eternal. Therefore, Krishna is addressed as the evergreen
Cupid.

Lord Krishna is worshipped by the Gayatri Mantra, and the specific Mantra
is called Kamagayatri. The explanation of the Kamagayatri Mantra is stated
in the Vedic literature: that sound vibration which can elevate one from
mental concoction is called Gayatri. The Kamagayatri Mantra is composed of
244 syllables, and is stated as follows:

Klim kamadevaya vidmahe puspavanaya dheemahi tanna’ nanga prachodayat.
This Kamagayatri is received from the Spiritual Master when a disciple is far
advanced by chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare
Hare|Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. In other words, this
Kamagayatri Mantra and Sanksar, or reformation of a perfect Brahmin, are
offered by the Spiritual Master to a student when he sees that the disciple is
advanced in spiritual knowledge. Even such Kamagayatri is not uttered under
