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| Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja |
Although
Krsna is Bhagavan (The Supreme Personality of Godhead), although He is atmarama (taking pleasure within)
and aptakama (fully satisfied), in this month He became inspired by the
beauty of the Vrndavana forest. There, in the middle of the night, He
left his home and took shelter of Yogamaya:
drstva kumudvantam akhanda-mandalam
ramananabham nava-kunkumarunam
vanam ca tat-komala-gobhi ranjitam
jagau kalam vama-drsam manoharam
["Lord
Krsna saw the unbroken disk of the full moon glowing with the red
effulgence of newly applied vermilion, as if it were the face of the
goddess of fortune. He also saw the kumuda lotuses opening in response
to the moon's presence and the forest gently illumined by its rays.
Thus the Lord began to play sweetly on His flute, attracting the minds
of the beautiful-eyed gopis."(Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.29.3)]
He
began to play on His flute, and the flute sound entered the hearts of
the Vraja gopis. They became mugdha, completely bewildered, and
forgetting everything else, they ran into the forest to meet with Him. (From a lecture by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja)
