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Story 32 Radha and Krsna at Kuruksetra
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PRABHUPĀDA: Kṛṣṇa went
to His father’s house,
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and He came to
Kurukṣetra in the chariot.
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This is Ratha-yātrā.
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And Rādhārāṇī and the
inhabitants of Vṛndāvana,
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they… their only business was…
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After Kṛṣṇa departed from Vṛndāvana
to Mathurā and He never returned.
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Once He returned.
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So mother Yaśodā, the
cowherd boys and the gopīs…
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They lost their life and vital force.
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So they were simply
crying and weeping.
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That was their business.
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So Kṛṣṇa sent sometimes
Uddhava to pacify them,
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that “I am coming very soon
after finishing My business.”
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So when they got this opportunity
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that “Kṛṣṇa has come to Kurukṣetra
with His brother, sister, father.
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So let us go and see.”
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So they went to
Kurukṣetra to see Kṛṣṇa.
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Whenever they got some
opportunity, they wanted to see.
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Just like these cowherds boys, when there
was Battle of Kurukṣetra near Delhi…
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Vṛndāvana is not
far away from Delhi.
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It is about ninety miles.
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So they went to see Kṛṣṇa in
the charioteer fighting dress.
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They were astonished.
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They thought that “Kṛṣṇa
is our friend, cowherd boy.
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How is that, He is in
the chariot fighting?”
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So they became astonished.
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So this is the pastimes
of Vṛndāvana.
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So similarly,
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when the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
went to see Lord Kṛṣṇa, Jagannātha…
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Kṛṣṇa means Jagannātha.
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Jagat; Jagat means this world, and
nātha means master, or proprietor.
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So Kṛṣṇa says in
the Bhagavad-gītā:
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bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ
sarva-loka-maheśvaram
[Bg.5.29]
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“I am the proprietor
of all the planets.”
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Therefore He is Jagannātha.
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Jagannātha means the proprietor
of all the world; All the planets.
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So the Vṛndāvana inhabitants went to
see Kṛṣṇa because their life was Kṛṣṇa.
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They did not know
anything except Kṛṣṇa.
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So that was the opportunity.
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So it was the request
of Rādhārāṇī to Kṛṣṇa,
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“My dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the same
Kṛṣṇa; I am the same Rādhārāṇī.
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We are meeting, but We are
not meeting in the same place.
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Here You are, just like a
royal king with chariots,
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with soldiers, with Your
ministers, secretaries.
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And there in Vṛndāvana
You were a cowherd boy,
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and We used to meet in
the jungles, in the bushes.
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So I want to take You there.
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Then I will be happy.”
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So that sentiment was
expressed by Lord Caitanya,
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because Lord Caitanya’s worship
was in the mood of Rādhārāṇī.
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