Krishna's Transcendental Body - Brahma Praises Vrindavan Residents

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.149–50 — February 12, 1971, Gorakhpur 710212CC-GORAKPHUR [47:53 Minutes] Cc-Madhya-06.149–50_710212CC-GORAKPHUR [kīrtana]

Devotee: [introducing recording] Caitanya-caritāmṛta lecture, evening, 12th January [sic], '71. [break]

Prabhupāda: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām yan-mitraṁ paramānandaṁ pūrṇaṁ brahma sanātanam [SB 10.14.32] I think I shall speak in Hindi. [indistinct comments by others] What is that? I shall speak in English? Then they will take advantage of.

That is... [indistinct comments by others] Why you have gone? Yamunā: [indistinct] Prabhupāda: Oh, I see. So this was a part of the prayer offered by Brahmājī when he offended on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. The incident...

Perhaps you know that Kṛṣṇa was a cowherd boy in Vṛndāvana. [speaks in Hindi with Indians] Why you are back side? You can come this side. So Brahmājī is praising the fortune of the residents of Vṛndāvana, vrajaukasām, headed by... Vrajaukasām means the residents of the Vrajabhūmi, headed by Nanda Mahārāja. Aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām, yan mitraṁ paramānandaṁ brahma.

Kṛṣṇa was there. So Brahmā is admitting that this Kṛṣṇa is parabrahman sanātanam. So we have to take evidence from the authorities. There are twelve authorities according to śāstra. Brahmā is one of the authorities.

Twelve authorities means, svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kapilaḥ kumāro manuḥ prahlādo janako bhīṣmo [balir] vaiyāsakir vayam [SB 6.3.20] Svayambhūr nāradaḥ. Svayambhūḥ is Brahmā; Nārada; then Śambhu, Lord Śiva. Svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kapilaḥ. Kapila.

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