Srila Rupa Goswami writes in The Nectar of Instruction (Verse 9) that out of all places, Mathura is higher than Vaikuntha. He started crying and hugged Giriraj with deep love. When Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came to Vraj Bhumi for the first time and was visiting all places of Vraj, His ecstasy went no bounds when He saw Giriraj Govardhan.
This passtime is really really beautiful and one can read the description of this in Govinda Lilamrta written by Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami.
Vrinda Devi brings Krishna away from His sakha friends at Manasi Ganga and makes Him meet Sri Radha at Sri Radha Kund. This is how She gets permission from Her mother-in-law Jatila but in truth, She comes here to meet Krishna. Radharani comes at Radha Kund on the pretext of going to temple. Krishna comes with His sakhas (cowherd friends) near Manasi Ganga to graze His cows. The prominent passtimes is of the meeting of Srimati Radharani and Krishna here in the afternoon on banks of Radha Kund. Govardhan is the place ( lila sthali) of various passtimes of Radharani and Krishna. The two eyes of Govardhan Hill are Radha Kund and Shyam Kund respectively. Govardhan is in the shape of a peacock from the top. Read this part to know more about this subject in detail. Hence, this time period we are living in is the golden period of the entire day of Brahma (8 billion 640 million years) to achieve topmost perfection of life. It is said that until the time Giriraj Ji and Yamuna Maharani are there in physical form ( prakata), there would be religious activities going on in the world and one can achieve prema-bhakti in this time period, but once Giriraj Ji and Yamuna Maharani vanish, there would be complete dreadful effect of Kali Yuga in place as mentioned in twelfth canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. So in anger, he cursed Giriraj Ji that his height will diminish by 1 mustard seed every day. When he came back, he tried everything including requesting Gririaj Ji to go with him but failed. The urge was so intense that he forgot the agreed condition and placed Giriraj Ji on the ground. Pulastya Muni agreed and as he was walking across Vraj Bhumi carrying Govardhan Ji on his head, he got an urge to relieve his bladder. Sensing that Pulastya Muni might get angry and give them curse if he straight away denies going with him, Giriraj Ji said that He is ready to accompany but if Pulastya Muni puts Him on the ground at any place, He would settle there and won't accompany him any further regardless of Pulastya Muni's tapobal (strength of austerity). There's also a big story of how He appeared as the son of Dronachal Parvat and how Pulastya Muni wanted to take Him to Varanasi, but Giriraj Ji and neither His father Dronachal wanted Him to go to Varanasi. The Govardhan Hill is non-different from Krishna. Hence, all of Them descended on this condition of Srimati Radharani to distribute prema-bhakti to all and help the conditioned souls to revive their original constitutional position as part of Supersoul Sri Radha and Sri Krishna. Radharani mentioned that She won't go without Govardhan Parvat, Yamuna Ji and Vrindavan Dham. When Krishna was to descend on bhuloka (earth) upon the request of Brahma Ji (Read the very first chapter of Krishna Book for references), He asked Sri Radha to come with Him. Govardhan Ji is also called as Giriraj Ji or Giriraj Govardhan. 10 Nearby Places to visit Appearance of Giriraj Ji in Vraj Bhumi
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