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brahma vaivarta purana, ganapati-khanda 8.67:
bhaktas are reborn pleasantly according to their own wishes
brahma vaivarta purana, ganapati-khanda 8.67:
bhaktas are reborn pleasantly according to their own wishes
Creation, another angle: bvp 4.84.60-99: (Sri Bhagavan uvaca) . Once while performing divine dance in Goloka, a beautiful damsel of sixteen years appeared from my left half, having the complexion of the campaka flowers and lustre of the full moon in the winter season. She was extremely beautiful and was the best of all ladies…
Brahma vaivarta purana, 4.84.40-46 (Krishna speaks) “My devotees resting on a bed of grass, getting deprived of all comforts always remain engrossed in reciting my name, my qualities and my glory. Feeling devoted to my lotus feet, they adore me. My devotee is devoid of all desires and such a devotee achieves the ahaiyukī form…
“At the time of creation she [prakriti], in combination with the eternal Brahman, appeared in two forms. The one who is created out of the right side is given the name Purusha, and the one who emerges out of her left side is given the name Prakriti. She is the illusion of that form of…
“O sage thereafter Lord Krishna who is the dveller of Goloka made several of the cowherds (gopas) coming from his pores who were like him in prowess and beauty. All the Gopas bering the beauty, best qualities, dress and strength, became the advisors of Lord Krishna. Similarly from the pores of Radha many cowherd-girls (gopis)…
Structure of universe from Brahma vaivarta purana: . There was a ball of light in the beginning, after dissolution, the lustre of which resembled tens of millions of suns… All the three worlds are enclosed in this ball of light quite pleasantly. Goloka is located above the three worlds which is eternal like the Lord…