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any effort of hi.s own), when right and wrong are centreed in him,
self becomes abnegated and offered up entirely to Krishna, Egoism
and ignorance, the pair of Aijuna trees disappear, though deeply
rooted in man (x-io). When fruits are offered to Krishna, there is
a rich return (x-ii).
We have reached here a point in spiritual progress. Person-
ality has been completely given up. Brain intellect is no longer con-
genial to spiritual progress. The head retards the spiritual man and
does not carry him forward.
The elders of Gokula sat in council and they decided to leave
Gokula for Vrindavana.
Vrindavana is the Heart. The eight-petalled lotus in the
heart is the permanent abode of Srikrishna. The twelve forests are
twelve centres 4x3, the primary number being 4, the number of the
sacred Tetraktys. Within the heart, the only Purusha is Srikrishna.
AH others have to make themselves passive to Him. The Gopis, the
ideal devotees of the Purusha in the heart, left the world outside,
their husbands and homes, and placed themselves entirely at the ser-
vice of the Divine Lord. Let us approach the sublime truths of the
Vrindavana Upasana with the utmost solemnity possible. Those
who cannot bring themselves to an exalted appreciation of the
Vrindavana Lila had better not read the Bhagavata at all.
The Gopas and Gopis went to Vrindavana. Rama and
Krishna headed the Gopa boys and looked after the calves.
What are the cows and calves? Who are the Gopas, the Gopa
boys and the Gopis?
Once more let us understand the triad Adhyatma, Adhi-
bhuta and Adhidaiva. Take sight.
The sense of sight comes in contact with the outside world
and carries the perception of sight to the possessor of the eye, under
the guidance of a conscious energy. The senses and the mind are
Cows or Adhyatma. The outside world is grass or AdhibhQta. The
possessor of the senses and the mind is the Gopi, the Ego or Jiva. In
Vrindavana, the Gopis are the highest Jivas or Rishis, as explained
in the Upanishads. The conscious energy is the Gopa or Adhi-
deva.
The Adhidevas are the Vedic Devas, as we have already
seen.
The Gopas are reincarnations of the Devas, as explained in the
Upanishads.
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