vraja-lokera bhÄve yei karaye bhajana
sei jana pÄya vraje vrajendra-nandana

 vraja-lokera - of the inhabitants of VrajabhÅ«mi; bhÄve - in the ecstasy; yei - anyone who; karaye - does; bhajana - worship; sei jana - that person; pÄya - attains; vraje - in Vraja; vrajendra-nandana - Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of MahÄrÄja Nanda.


Text

“One who worships the Lord by following in the footsteps of the inhabitants of VrajabhÅ«mi attains Him in the transcendental planet of Vraja, where He is known as the son of MahÄrÄja Nanda.â€

Purport

The inhabitants of VrajabhÅ«mi, or Goloka Vá¹›ndÄvana, know Kṛṣṇa as the son of MahÄrÄja Nanda. They do not accept Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as people in general do. The Lord is the supreme maintainer of everyone and the chief personality among all personalities. In VrajabhÅ«mi Kṛṣṇa is certainly the central point of love, but no one knows Him there as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rather, a person may know Him as a friend, son, lover or master. In any case, the center is Kṛṣṇa. The inhabitants of VrajabhÅ«mi are related to the Lord in servitude, friendship, parental love and conjugal love. A person engaged in devotional service may accept any one of these transcendental relationships, which are known as mellows. When such a person reaches the perfectional stage, he returns home, back to Kṛṣṇa, in his pure spiritual identity.