Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 16:61-70

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Baka-kesi-pralamba-vadha-vrndavana-gamana

The Killing of Baka, Kesi, and Pralamba, and the journey to Vrndavana

Chapter 16: Verse 61-70

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 61.Tears in his three eyes as he heard their words and remembered Lord Krsna’s transcendental form, Lord Siva said to the gandharvas: 62.I know that you are great devotees of the Lord. You travel here and there to purify the worlds with the dust of your lotus feet. 63.I yearn to see Lord Krsna’s devotees. It is very rare that a devotee of Lord Krsna comes to these three worlds. 64.You are very dear to Me, to Parvati, and to all the demigods. You devotees of Lord Krsna are to me more dear than my own devotees are. 65.However, O fortunate ones, please hear the promise I made about Parvati’s vow, a promise I cannot break. 66.The promise was during the time of Parvati’s vow, whoever takes lotus flowers from this lake will at once take birth as a demon. Of this there is no doubt. 67.However, no real calamity even happens to the devotees of Lord Krsna. Therefore, after one birth as demons, you will all go to the world of Goloka. 68.My sons, O you who yearn to see Lord Krsna’s transcendental form with your own eyes, you will see Him on the earth, in the forest of Vrndavana. 69.O best of devotees, you will see Lord Krsna. Then you will die, mount a splendid transcendental chariot, and go to Lord Krsna’s own abode. 70.Because you are so eager to see the form of Lord Krsna, you may now see Him.