Krishna's tangible presence manifests wherever pure devotees sincerely chant his holy names in offenseless kirtan.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.39 — October 19, 1974, Māyāpur 741019SB-MAYAPUR [27:25 Minutes] SB-01.08.39_741019SB-MAYAPUR Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] neyaṁ śobhiṣyate tatra yathedānīṁ gadādhara tvat-padair aṅkitā bhāti sva-lakṣaṇa-vilakṣitaiḥ [SB 1.8.39] [break] [01:13] "O Gadādhara, Kṛṣṇa, our kingdom is now being marked by the impressions of Your feet, and therefore it appears beautiful.
But when You leave, it will no longer be so." Prabhupāda: Those who have got books, there should be one correction. It is written "how." It should be "now," n-o-w, not "how." neyaṁ śobhiṣyate tatra yathedānīṁ gadādhara tvat-padair aṅkitā bhāti sva-lakṣaṇa-vilakṣitaiḥ [SB 1.8.39] So Kuntī... Kṛṣṇa was in Hastināpura, the capital of the Kurus. So wherever He was walking, that impression of His lotus feet was there, and on account of this, everywhere, full of opulence.
Full of opulence. So Kṛṣṇa was leaving Hastināpura. Therefore Kuntīdevī was regretting, that "If You go away, then it will be not so beautiful as it is now on account of Your presence." So, taking this instruction from Kuntīdevī, if we try to keep Kṛṣṇa, so everything will be opulent. There will be no scarcity.
On account of Kṛṣṇa's presence... But how Kṛṣṇa will be present? Kṛṣṇa is already present. But His presence will be more and more appreciated by this kīrtana.
Tatra tiṣṭhāmi nārada yatra gāyanti mad-bhaktāḥ [Padma Purāṇa]. This is the statement by Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says that "I do not live generally in Vaikuṇṭha." Kṛṣṇa lives everywhere. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ. ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs. 5.37] Kṛṣṇa lives in Goloka Vṛndāvana.
That is His... Goloka-nāmni nija-dhāmni [Bs. 5.43]. That is His own abode, nija-dhāma. But still, Kṛṣṇa is akhilātma-bhūtaḥ. Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ.
Expanding Himself in many, many forms, advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam [Bs. 5.33]. Ananta: there is no limitation. So Kṛṣṇa is present everywhere. Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham [Bs. 5.35].