Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrta 2.5.195-197: Glorification of the Gopis by Akrura

Topics

• Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrta 2.5.195-197
• Akrura’s offense at the lotus feet of Vrajavasis
• Why Akrura is incapable of understanding the relation between Krsna and Gopis
• What was the result of the offense Akruraji had committed against the residents of Vraja? How did his heart become simple even when he had such an opposite attitude?
• Somehow Akrura glorified the gopis in his prayer, so he is forgiven by Krsna and his devotees
• Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrta 2.5.197 ‘yad arcitam brahma’
• Those lotus feet are worshiped by Brahma, siva and all the other demigods, by the goddess of fortune, and also by the great sages and Vaisnavas. Upon those lotus feet the Lord walks about the forest while herding the cows with His companions, and those feet are smeared with the kumkuma from the gopis’ breasts.
• So Krsna’s lotus feet are like an ornament for the gopis and gopis' kumkuma is like ‘nirmalya’ for Krsna