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Krsna is very much fond of cows. Therefore, that planet is called also Goloka, the planet full of cows. So that is summarized: goloka-namni nija-dhamni tale ca tasya [Bs 5.43]. The topmost planet is called Goloka, or Krsna-, Krsnaloka. Go means cows. Krsna is very much fond of cows. Therefore that planet is called also Goloka, the planet full of cows. We have recited Brahma-samhita today, cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-laksa-vrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam [Bs 5.29]. Krsna is engaged in tending cows. He's very much fond of cows. Surabhi. They are not ordinary cows. In the spiritual world, everything is spiritual. So there is a planet, goloka-namni. So that is the highest planet. Goloka-namni nija-dhamni. That is the personal abode. Goloka-namni nija-dhamni tale ca tasya [Bs 5.43]. Under that planet, there are other planetary systems. They are called Devi-dhama, Mahesa-dhama, Hari-dhama.
(More...) The spiritual abode known as Goloka, which is a pasturing land for surabhi cows "The spiritual abode known as Goloka, which is a pasturing land for surabhi cows, is as powerful and opulent as Krsna. By the will of Krsna, the original Goloka and Gokula dhamas are manifest with Him in all the universes.
(More...) There Krsna is tending this surabhi. Laksavrtesu surabhir..., and surabhir abhipalayantam [Bs 5.29]. There Krsna is very fond of cows. There is Krsna's another name is Gopala. Gopala means who tends cows. Go means cow and pala means one who tends. Therefore Krsna's another name is Gopala. Govinda. Govinda means one who gives pleasure to the cows, or Govinda means one who gives pleasure to the senses. So Krsna's name are different. So cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam [Bs 5.29]. There Krsna is tending this surabhi. Surabhi cow means... That is also wonderful, spiritual. You can milk cow, milk from the cows, as many times as you like. Just like here in the..., we have got experience, we can take milk from the cows morning and evening, not more than that. But there you can milk the cows whenever you like, and you can draw milk as much as you like. That is called surabhi cow. The trees are like that, the cows are like that, but there are houses, there are forests, jungle, trees, cows, water, everything, but they are all spiritual. All spiritual. Therefore there is one. Here is also one, because everything material. Whatever, either you take cow's body or your body or tree's body or any body, what it is made of? Ksitir ap teja marut vyoma, the earth, water, air, fire and sky, that's all. Here it is all one, but..., and there also it is one, but there it is all spiritual, and here it is all material. That is the difference.
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