Srila Roop Goswami is the disciple of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who resided at Shri Radha Damodar temple in Vrindavan and performed bhajana there.
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You may worship Lord Brahmā, Lord Śaṅkara, or the formless Supreme Brahman according to your faith. But I offer my worship solely to the supremely sacred abode of Śrī Vṛndāvana, which is completely pervaded by the divine bliss and transcendental love of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Lalita says to Sri Radha: Shri Krishn’s flute is always chanting the glories of your pastimes. All His activities are making ornaments for You. He utters “Radhey Radhey” while calling the cows. O Radhey! In the lush forests of Vrindavan, Shri Krishn beholds Your presence within every blooming vine.
Paurnmasi says, On the pretext of carrying a gift of modaka candies, I will enter the forest of Vrindavan and delight Krishn’s ears with the sweetness of the two auspicious syllables ‘Radha’.
The splendor of the forest of Braj Mandal becomes beautiful by being situated on the bank of the Yamuna, where buzzing bees take shelter of the newly blossoming kadamba trees, ornamented with unlimited sweetness which produces an extraordinary state of bhava in my mind.
What intelligent person will not take shelter of Braj Mandal which is the most auspicious, and more glorious than Vaikunth Dham! By staying here for only one day, bhakti to the Lord is awakened.
The fool who gives up Mathura [Braj Mandal] and develops attraction for some other place wanders in the material world birth after birth, bewildered by My Maya.
Liberation is the greatest result that can be obtained at other holy places, but devotion to the Lord [Bhakti], which is desired by the liberated souls, can be attained at Mathura [Braj].
How can the happiness of bhakti arise in the heart when the witch of desire for enjoyment and liberation remains there?
O lotus-eyed Lord Krishn, when will I dance on the bank of the Yamuna in Vrindavan with tears in my eyes while singing Your Kirtan [Holy Names]?
O Goddess [Radhey]! Please be merciful to me and reveal Your lotus face to me when You and Shri Krishn play in the beautiful groves of Vrindavan, inebriated like intoxicated, blissful Lordly elephants.
Nikunj Bihari Krishn says: “In front of me is Radha, Behind me is Radha, To my left, is my deity Radha, To my right, is Radha. In the sky is Radha. How is that the three worlds suddenly become saturated with Shri Radha”?
O my friend, if you desire to enjoy with your friends and relatives, then do not look upon the form of the Shri Krishn, wandering near Keshi Ghat on the bank of the Yamun river at Vrindavan, with a slight smile on His lips, posed in His threefold-bending posture, eyes glancing everywhere in a crooked fashion, flute placed on His red lower lip like a tender bud, and shining gloriously with a peacock feather.
Even when there is every reason for the love to be destroyed still it does not, rather the love keeps on increasing is the pure love. As the pure love intensifies, the ever new glimpses of the beloved appears with the passage of time.
Sri Sri Radha Damodar Mandir is an ancient temple established by Srila Jiva Goswami in the year 1542 C.E. The deities here were served by Srila Jiva Goswami.
This is one of the famous ‘Seven Goswami Temples’ that was established by Shri Rupa Goswami, who discovered the deity of Lord Govinda buried in the ground at the site where the majestic temple of Govindaji now stands. The deity of Govindaji was originally established five thousand years earlier by Krishna’s great grandson Vajranabha Maharaja, at the place known as the Govindaji yoga-pitha. The original deity of Govind Dev Ji had moved to Jaipur during Mughal Empire.
Somehow or other just engage your mind in loving Shri Radha Krishn every moment. This is the only goal of sadhna!
Please ignore the arguments of any opposing books and worship Shri Radha Krishn whole heartedly, who enjoy limitless transcendental pastimes in the forest groves of Vrindavan filled with the flowing nectar of the transcendental bliss.
One should always remember Radha Krishn and should never forget them. All injunctions and prohibitions are based upon these two principles.
Teira means to call, and Kadamba is tree. This place has a very great significance because Shri Krishn used to call his cows standing under the Kadamb tree. Even today, Gopashtami festival is celebrated here in a very traditional way. This is also meditation site of Shri Roop Goswami. On the instructions of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shri Roop Goswami came to Braj and started doing his Bhajan here. So this is also the Bhajan Sthali of Shri Roop Goswami.
In the Chaitanya-charitamrta, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told Rupa Goswami. “The Krishna known as Yadukumara is Vasudeva Krishna. He is different from the Krishna who is the son of Nanda Maharaja. Yadukumara Krishna manifests his pastimes in the cities of Mathura and Dwaraka, but Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja never leaves Vrindavan at any cost. He never takes an inch of step outside Vrindavan.”
