Dvaraka
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For a person who has lived in Dvārakā for six months, for one month, or even for one fortnight, there is awaiting elevation to the Vaikuṇṭha-lokas and all the profits of sārūpya-mukti In the Padma Purana it is stated: "For one who has given up his material sense enjoyment and has accepted the principles of devotional service, the opulence of Visnu-loka [the kingdom of God] is awaiting." In the same Padma Purana it is also said that for a person who has lived in Dvaraka for six months, for one month, or even for one fortnight, there is awaiting elevation to the Vaikuntha-lokas and all the profits of sarūpya-mukti (the privilege of having the same four-handed bodily features as Narayana).
(More...) When Lord Kṛṣṇa returned from the battlefield of Kurukṣetra to His home at Dvārakā, all the residents of Dvārakā began to talk with Him, as a child talks lovingly to his father after the father's return from for It is stated in the First Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, 11th Chapter, 4th verse, that when Lord Krsna returned from the battlefield of Kuruksetra to His home at Dvaraka, all the residents of Dvaraka began to talk with Him, as a child talks lovingly to his father after the father's return from foreign countries. This is an example of jubilation.
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