Baladeva Prabhu added, “What to speak of the cows in Vṛndāvana, due to separation from Kṛṣṇa, even the deer, does, cuckoos, birds, beasts, trees in Bhāṇḍīravana and elsewhere, creepers, and blades of grass have all become completely dried up. Day by day, all the mountains such as Śrī Girirāja Govardhana become increasingly lean due to their grief in separation, and gradually they are disappearing into the ground. Girirāja Govardhana was more than one mile high, and now it is entering into the ground and disappearing. Even the river Yamunā has dried up. Now it has become like a thin stream. In Kṛṣṇa’s absence the peacocks no longer dance and the bumblebees no longer take honey from the flowers.”
Baladeva Prabhu then told Śrī Kṛṣṇa, “For the sake of the Vrajavāsīs, gopas and gopīs, You must return to Vṛndāvana. The only reason they remain alive is that they remember your promise and think, ‘Kṛṣṇa is satya-saṅkalpa: He always speaks the truth. So, He will certainly return.’ If You don’t go at once to Vṛndāvana and give mercy to the Vrajavāsīs, Yamarāja will give his mercy—which means that they must give up their lives. Kṛṣṇa, You must return to Vṛndāvana.”
September 06, 2003 Mathurā