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PRABHUPĀDA: Kṛṣṇa went to His father’s house, and He came to Kurukṣetra in the chariot. This is
Ratha-yātrā. And Rādhārāṇī and the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, their only business was… After
Kṛṣṇa departed from Vṛndāvana to Mathurā and He never returned… Once He returned. So
mother Yaśodā, the cowherd boys and the gopīs, they lost their life and vital force. So they were
simply crying and weeping. That was their busi- ness. So Kṛṣṇa sent sometimes Uddhava to pacify
them, that “I am coming very soon after finishing My business.” So when they got this
opportunity that “Kṛṣṇa has come to Kurukṣetra with His brother, sister, father. So let us
go and see…” So they went to Kurukṣetra to see Kṛṣṇa. Whenever they got some
opportunity, they wanted to see. Just like these cowherds boys, when there was Battle of
Kurukṣetra near Delhi… Vṛndāvana is not far away from Delhi. It is about ninety miles. So
they went to see Kṛṣṇa in the charioteer fighting dress. They were astonished. They thought
that “Kṛṣṇa is our friend, cowherd boy. How is that, He is in the chariot fighting?” So they
became astonished. So this is the pastimes of Vṛndāvana. So similarly, when the inhabitants of
Vṛndāvana went to see Lord Kṛṣṇa, Jagannātha… Kṛṣṇa means Jagannātha. Jagat. Jagat means
this world, and nātha means master, or proprietor. So Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā,
“bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-mahe- śvaram” [Bg. 5.29]: “I am the proprietor of all
the planets.” Therefore He is Jagannātha. Jagan- nātha means the proprietor of all the world, all
the planets. So the Vṛndāvana inhabitants went to see Kṛṣṇa because their life was Kṛṣṇa.
They did not know anything except Kṛṣṇa. So that was the opportunity. So it was the
request of Rādhārāṇī to Kṛṣṇa, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the same Kṛṣṇa; I am the same
Rādhārāṇī. We are meeting, but We are not meeting in the same place. Here You are, just like a
royal king with chariots, with soldiers, with Your ministers, secretaries. And there in
Vṛndāvana You were a cowherd boy, and We used to meet in the jungles, in the bushes. So I want
to take You there. Then I will be happy.” So that sentiment was expressed by Lord Caitanya,
because Lord Caitanya’s worship was in the mood of Rādhārāṇī.
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