One of my Godbrothers in Māyāpur was giving a talk, Bhakti Caitanya Mahārāja, and he was talking about daily sādhana. He said he discovered something quite amazing about himself, and that is that when he finishes his rounds in the morning and goes to the morning program, he feels better. And I thought, through understatement, it became even more profound. Kind of like homeopathy, it's like the less you take, the more effective it is. And in him mentioning that he felt better, I started to think, "Nobody feels better about anything in this world—it's impossible to feel satisfied for even a few seconds, because there's always something to deal with next." But if we're able to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, which is what walking around Govardhana is—just being here and appreciating the fact that He's the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as Kṛṣṇa told the residents of Vṛndāvana, "Don't worship Indra, it's too much work. And besides,what's he doing for you? Govardhana is really the one who's going to help you." And Kṛṣṇa was turning everyone's attention to the sublime idea. And if you just think of Kṛṣṇa worship Kṛṣṇa , ananyāś cintayanto māṁ, ye janāḥ paryupāsate, teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ, yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham—everything else will be done. And anyone who has the experience, even for one second, that "when I'm worshiping Kṛṣṇa, I'm okay. When I'm doing anything else, I'm not. When I do my rounds and I finish the morning program, I feel better. And when I do anything else, it doesn't matter what kind of hyperbole there is around the particular intoxication or the sightseeing, it all causes more and more anxiety and entanglement in the material world." So Govardhana stands as a monument to those who know that not only is Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of God, but we are His eternal servitors, and as Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, jīva kṛṣṇa-dāsa ei viśvāsa korle to āra duḥkha nāi—"If you just become the servant of Kṛṣṇa, then you'll never be unhappy again. You'll always be happy."
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One of my Godbrothers in Māyāpur was giving a talk, Bhakti Caitanya Mahārāja, and he was talking about daily sādhana. He said he discovered something quite amazing about himself, and that is that when he finishes his rounds in the morning and goes to the morning program, he feels better. And I thought, through understatement, it became even more profound. Kind of like homeopathy, it's like the less you take, the more effective it is. And in him mentioning that he felt better, I started to think, "Nobody feels better about anything in this world—it's impossible to feel satisfied for even a few seconds, because there's always something to deal with next." But if we're able to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, which is what walking around Govardhana is—just being here and appreciating the fact that He's the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as Kṛṣṇa told the residents of Vṛndāvana, "Don't worship Indra, it's too much work. And besides,what's he doing for you? Govardhana is really the one who's going to help you." And Kṛṣṇa was turning everyone's attention to the sublime idea. And if you just think of Kṛṣṇa worship Kṛṣṇa , ananyāś cintayanto māṁ, ye janāḥ paryupāsate, teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ, yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham—everything else will be done. And anyone who has the experience, even for one second, that "when I'm worshiping Kṛṣṇa, I'm okay. When I'm doing anything else, I'm not. When I do my rounds and I finish the morning program, I feel better. And when I do anything else, it doesn't matter what kind of hyperbole there is around the particular intoxication or the sightseeing, it all causes more and more anxiety and entanglement in the material world." So Govardhana stands as a monument to those who know that not only is Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of God, but we are His eternal servitors, and as Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, jīva kṛṣṇa-dāsa ei viśvāsa korle to āra duḥkha nāi—"If you just become the servant of Kṛṣṇa, then you'll never be unhappy again. You'll always be happy."
(excerpt from the talk 'The Glories of Mādhavendra Purī' https://youtu.be/7926fVUBf-k?t=1841)
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