0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,001 Story 32 Radha and Krsna at Kuruksetra 1 00:00:00,002 --> 00:00:02,470 PRABHUPĀDA: Kṛṣṇa went to His father’s house, 2 00:00:02,471 --> 00:00:07,778 and He came to Kurukṣetra in the chariot. 3 00:00:07,779 --> 00:00:09,540 This is Ratha-yātrā. 4 00:00:09,541 --> 00:00:15,160 And Rādhārāṇī and the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, 5 00:00:15,161 --> 00:00:17,600 they… their only business was… 6 00:00:17,601 --> 00:00:25,407 After Kṛṣṇa departed from Vṛndāvana to Mathurā and He never returned. 7 00:00:25,408 --> 00:00:26,870 Once He returned. 8 00:00:26,871 --> 00:00:32,422 So mother Yaśodā, the cowherd boys and the gopīs… 9 00:00:32,423 --> 00:00:36,610 They lost their life and vital force. 10 00:00:36,611 --> 00:00:39,301 So they were simply crying and weeping. 11 00:00:39,302 --> 00:00:41,419 That was their business. 12 00:00:41,420 --> 00:00:45,541 So Kṛṣṇa sent sometimes Uddhava to pacify them, 13 00:00:45,542 --> 00:00:50,541 that “I am coming very soon after finishing My business.” 14 00:00:50,542 --> 00:00:53,031 So when they got this opportunity 15 00:00:53,032 --> 00:01:01,224 that “Kṛṣṇa has come to Kurukṣetra with His brother, sister, father. 16 00:01:01,225 --> 00:01:03,651 So let us go and see.” 17 00:01:03,652 --> 00:01:08,345 So they went to Kurukṣetra to see Kṛṣṇa. 18 00:01:08,346 --> 00:01:12,267 Whenever they got some opportunity, they wanted to see. 19 00:01:12,268 --> 00:01:19,276 Just like these cowherds boys, when there was Battle of Kurukṣetra near Delhi… 20 00:01:19,277 --> 00:01:22,635 Vṛndāvana is not far away from Delhi. 21 00:01:22,636 --> 00:01:25,302 It is about ninety miles. 22 00:01:25,303 --> 00:01:32,601 So they went to see Kṛṣṇa in the charioteer fighting dress. 23 00:01:32,602 --> 00:01:34,218 They were astonished. 24 00:01:34,219 --> 00:01:38,476 They thought that “Kṛṣṇa is our friend, cowherd boy. 25 00:01:38,477 --> 00:01:42,393 How is that, He is in the chariot fighting?” 26 00:01:42,394 --> 00:01:43,882 So they became astonished. 27 00:01:43,883 --> 00:01:47,799 So this is the pastimes of Vṛndāvana. 28 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,095 So similarly, 29 00:01:49,096 --> 00:01:55,974 when the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana went to see Lord Kṛṣṇa, Jagannātha… 30 00:01:55,975 --> 00:01:58,217 Kṛṣṇa means Jagannātha. 31 00:01:58,218 --> 00:02:06,352 Jagat; Jagat means this world, and nātha means master, or proprietor. 32 00:02:06,353 --> 00:02:10,216 So Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā: 33 00:02:10,217 --> 00:02:14,512 bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram [Bg.5.29] 34 00:02:14,513 --> 00:02:17,770 “I am the proprietor of all the planets.” 35 00:02:17,771 --> 00:02:19,160 Therefore He is Jagannātha. 36 00:02:19,161 --> 00:02:24,788 Jagannātha means the proprietor of all the world; All the planets. 37 00:02:24,789 --> 00:02:32,460 So the Vṛndāvana inhabitants went to see Kṛṣṇa because their life was Kṛṣṇa. 38 00:02:32,461 --> 00:02:36,181 They did not know anything except Kṛṣṇa. 39 00:02:36,182 --> 00:02:38,275 So that was the opportunity. 40 00:02:38,276 --> 00:02:42,859 So it was the request of Rādhārāṇī to Kṛṣṇa, 41 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:47,943 “My dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the same Kṛṣṇa; I am the same Rādhārāṇī. 42 00:02:47,944 --> 00:02:51,580 We are meeting, but We are not meeting in the same place. 43 00:02:51,581 --> 00:02:57,255 Here You are, just like a royal king with chariots, 44 00:02:57,256 --> 00:03:02,596 with soldiers, with Your ministers, secretaries. 45 00:03:02,597 --> 00:03:07,011 And there in Vṛndāvana You were a cowherd boy, 46 00:03:07,012 --> 00:03:12,018 and We used to meet in the jungles, in the bushes. 47 00:03:12,019 --> 00:03:14,734 So I want to take You there. 48 00:03:14,735 --> 00:03:17,646 Then I will be happy.” 49 00:03:17,647 --> 00:03:22,321 So that sentiment was expressed by Lord Caitanya, 50 00:03:22,322 --> 00:03:35,852 because Lord Caitanya’s worship was in the mood of Rādhārāṇī. 51 00:03:35,853 --> 00:03:35,854 Subtitles by Pratyatoṣa Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com