Krishna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes and the Lord of all the manifest and unmanifest universes, Shyamsundar, is eternally residing in his spiritual abode of Golok Vrindavan along with all his associates, enjoying nectarian transcendental pastimes in the various mellows of dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. Through his Maya s hakti, he causes the creation, maintenance and destruction of all the material universes, but he himself remains unaffected and independent of this external energy of his, eternally performing manohar lilas, which steal the hearts of the great Yogis and Rishis.
Madanmohan, (the enchanter of cupid), when standing under the kadamba tree on the banks of the river Yamuna, the waves of which are most cooling and the breeze blowing over the waves carries the sweet scent of the lotus flowers blooming in the her waters, places his flute upon his reddish lips and plays an enchanting melody, all the residents of Vraja, and all the animals in the forests of Vrindavan, become stunned with wonder and listen intently to the transcendental sound vibration emanating from Krishna’s dear companion, the flute. In this way He is eternally present in his transcendental abode enjoying transcendental.
In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium. When Swayam Bhagwan Vrajendranandan Shri Krishna descends on this planet he appears with all his eternal associates and with his eternal abode, Shri Vraja mandala, with the main purpose to bestow his mercy upon his dear devotees by giving them his direct darshan and to attract all the other living entities to him by performing divine enchanting pastimes, so that being attracted by them the jivas may take up Krishna consciousness and go back home back to godhead.
This glorious day is therefore celebrated by all the Vaishnavas with great enthusiasm as it is the day when the lord of their lives purified this earth by his appearance, in a most attractive form of a bluish baby as soft as butter tinged with musk. Keeping the same spirit, this festival is celebrated in Iskcon Ahmedabad, Radha Govind mandir, with great pomp and show.After taking darshan of the lords with a new outfit both at the time of Mangal arati and Darshan arati, when the lords are dressed in a beautiful outfit and decorated with various splendid ornaments and fragrant flowers, oozing nectar from every pore.
