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kshetra, the Gopis said that, home-bred as they were, they could nut
forget the lotus feet of Krishna in their heart. The)- were re-united
to Krishna, as the all-pervading Purusha, the preserver uf the Uni-
verse. The veil may be lifted a little further. \Ve have already seen
that life in the higher Lokas is purely unselfish, for, as the Bhagavata
says, the higher Lokas are transformations of Xishkama Karma. We
are to abnegate ourselves before we can go to Mahar Loka. This
abnegation can be accomplished by merging ourselves in some one
who stands across the Triloki. Love alone breaks the barrier between
man and man. If we can get an object of unselfish love, to
whom we can give everything that we have, we may easily learn the
lesson of self-surrender. By the bond of love, souls group together in
Mahar Loka and they learn the first lessons of universal life. What
better object of love can one have than one of the Avataras himself?
What union will be more glorious, more lasting, more spiritual?
And Sri Krishna offered himself for such love to those that are
devoted to him. And the most fortunate amongst humanity are
those that complete the love-union with Sri Krishna. They form an
inseparable group with Him, and the plane of their union is Goloka.
The Vaishnavas place that Loka higher than Vaikuntha Itself. It Is
the plane proper of Sri Krishna, where he is always at home with
his Bhaktas. There may be many centres round which souls might
gather in the higher Lokas, many types of universal life, but there
is none so high, so noble, so glorious, as the centre afforded by Lord
Krishna. When Krishna incarnates, He cannot do so singly. The
Gopis appear with Him. The Chaitanya Charitamrita, which em-
bodies the teachings of Chaitanya, says that the Lila of Krishna is
reproduced throughout the fourteen Manvantaras over all parts of the
Brahmanda, just as days and nights are produced over all parts of
the earth. The Lila is constantly performed in Goloka, and it is
reproduced over parts of Brahmanda, according to the will of Krishna.
Vrindavana is only a reflection of Goloka.
When we go to Mathura, we find the Asura attendants of
Kansa representing all the predominating vices of the time. Pride,
arrogance, envy and malice, worldliness and anger, all that keep up
the materiality in man were to be found among the best of his
followers and advisers.
They were all subdued and Kansa himself brought down from
his high platform.
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