golokÄkhya gokula, mathurÄ, dvÄrÄvatÄ«
ei tina loke kṛṣṇera sahaje nitya-sthiti

 goloka-Äkhya - called Goloka; gokula - Gokula; mathurÄ - MathurÄ; dvÄrÄvatÄ« - DvÄrakÄ; ei tina loke - all three of these places; kṛṣṇera - of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sahaje - naturally; nitya-sthiti - eternal residence.


Text

“The three lokas are Gokula (Goloka), MathurÄ and DvÄrakÄ. Kṛṣṇa lives eternally in these three places.

Purport

ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura comments that in the Goloka planet there are three divisions: Gokula, MathurÄ and DvÄrakÄ. In His incarnation as Gaurasundara, Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, the Lord conducts His pastimes in three areas: NavadvÄ«pa, JagannÄtha PurÄ« (and South India) and Vraja-maṇá¸ala (the area of Vá¹›ndÄvana-dhÄma).