Madhya 21.91

TEXT 91

TEXT

গোলোকাখ্য গোকুল, মথুরা, দ্বারাবতী ।
এই তিন লোকে কৃষ্ণের সহজে নিত্যস্থিতি ॥ ৯১ ॥

golokakhya gokula, mathura, dvaravati

ei tina loke krsnera sahaje nitya-sthiti

SYNONYMS

goloka-akhya-called Goloka; gokula-Gokula; mathura-Mathura; dvaravati-Dvaraka; ei tina loke-all three of these places; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; sahaje-naturally; nitya-sthiti-eternal residence.

TRANSLATION

"The three lokas are Gokula (Goloka), Mathura and Dvaraka. Krsna lives eternally in these three places.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that in the Goloka planet there are three divisions: Gokula, Mathura and Dvaraka. In His incarnation as Gaurasundara, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord conducts His pastimes in three areas: Navadvipa, Jagannatha Puri (and South India) and Vraja-mandala (the area of Vrndavana-dhama).