Srimad Bhagavatam 10.12.04-05 - Wonderful Vrindavan with full of Variety (download mp3) , (download flv) and (download mp4)
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SB 10.12.4
phala-prabala-stavaka-
sumanah-piccha-dhatubhih
kaca-guñja-mani-svarna-
bhusita apy abhusayan
Translation:
Although all these boys were already decorated by their mothers with ornaments of kaca, guñja, pearls and gold, when they went into the forest they further decorated themselves with fruits, green leaves, bunches of flowers, peacock feathers and soft minerals.
SB 10.12.5
musnanto ’nyonya-sikyadin
jñatan arac ca ciksipuh
tatratyas ca punar durad
dhasantas ca punar daduh
Translation:
All the cowherd boys used to steal one another’s lunch bags. When a boy came to understand that his bag had been taken away, the other boys would throw it farther away, to a more distant place, and those standing there would throw it still farther. When the proprietor of the bag became disappointed, the other boys would laugh, the proprietor would cry, and then the bag would be returned.
Purport:
This kind of playing and stealing among boys still exists even in the material world because this kind of sporting pleasure is present in the spiritual world, from which this idea of enjoyment emanates. Janmady asya yatah (Vedanta-sutra 1.1.2). This same enjoyment is displayed by Krsna and His associates in the spiritual world, but there the enjoyment is eternal, whereas here, on the material platform, it is temporary; there the enjoyment is brahman, whereas here the enjoyment is jada. The Krsna consciousness movement is meant to train one how to transfer oneself from the jada to the Brahman, because human life is meant for this purpose. Athato brahma jijñasa (Vedanta-sutra 1.1.1). Krsna comes down to teach us how we can enjoy with Him on the spiritual platform, in the spiritual world. Not only does He come, but He personally displays His pastimes in Vrndavana and attracts people to spiritual enjoyment.
