Place
ヴリンダーヴァン
वृन्दावनVṛndāvana
Also called Vrindavan
- verses
- 360
- books
- 12
- chapters
- 127
What the texts say
In the Bhagavata Purana, Vrindavan is a flowering forest, rich in grass for the cows, where Krishna and Balarama bring the cattle. Bhagavatam 10.15.2, 10.11.28 The same Purana tells how Krishna played in the lake of the serpent Kaliya, circling him playfully as the serpent came forward to bite. Bhagavatam 10.16.8, 10.16.25 In the Vishnu Purana, Krishna, encircled by the gopis, the cowherd women, spends an autumn moonlit night eager to begin the Rasa. Vishnu Purana 5.13.23 The Narada Purana says holy Vrindavan is to be visited by seekers longing for liberation, and that nothing in this world equals it. Narada Purana 2.1.80.85, 2.1.80.86
Where to read
Every verse that names ヴリンダーヴァン, book by book.
- 1.3.80.41
漂う花粉の塵が四方の面を香りで満たすとき、真言を修する者は心を三昧に収め、想念によって涼やかとなったかのようなヴリンダーヴァナを観想すべきである。
- 1.4.93.21
諸王のさまざまな清らかな物語、ジャガンナータ(Jagannātha)の御姿の描写、そしてヴリンダーヴァナの偉大さの讃嘆——これらはすべて、あらゆる罪を滅する。
- 1.4.97.18
次にヴリンダーヴァナ(Vṛndāvana)の大いなる功徳が語られ、ついでブラフマー(Brahmā)の御前において、たとえ獣であっても高き帰趣を得たという物語が述べられる。その後にモーヒニー(Mohinī)の物語が続き—かくして題目は次々と連なり、ナーラディーヤ・プラーナは進んでゆく。
- 1.3.80.41
Key chapters
The chapters where ヴリンダーヴァン matters most.
The Greatness of Vṛndāvana: Gokula as a Thousand-Petalled Lotus and the Sacred Map of Vraja
Nārada’s Journey to Goloka
The Glory and Secret Theology of Vṛndāvana (in the context of Nārada’s supplication)
The Slaying of Kaṁsa (and the Descent of Kṛṣṇa)
The Greatness of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa
Narration of the Glory of Vṛndāvana and the Sacred Places Beginning with Mathurā
Initiation Rite, the Five Vaiṣṇava Saṃskāras, and the Dharma of Surrender (within the Greatness of Vṛndāvana)
The Greatness of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata (Bhāgavata Māhātmya)
Putana’s Slaying, the Overturned Cart, Damodara, and the Migration to Vrindavana
The Gopas’ Praise, the Rasa Night, and the Slaying of Ariṣṭa
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