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Yes Krsna returned to Vrindavana,He keeps His promises

dear devotees
Please accept my loving obaisences
all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga
All glories to Srila Prabhupada Sri Sri Gaura Nitai ,Krsna Balarama and Radha Shyam 
I had a discusion with HH Avadhut Maharaja about wether Krsna returns to Vrindavana or not because one chapter is there in Garga Samhita,where Garga Muni has stated so.This is certainly not false and in Laghu Bhagavatamrta ,Srila Rupa Goswami has explained in great details that Krsna returns to Vrindavana.It was paining and braking my heart to think, that some devotees could imagine Krsna breaking His promise to return to Vrindavana.Yes Lord Caitanya has prayed to Krsna in the mood of Radharani:
ashlishya va pada-ratam pinashtu mam adarshanan marma-hatam karotu va yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

I know no one but Krsna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.
But my Krsna is not like this, He does never brake a promise,
please hear the sweet words of Srila Rupa Goswami:
SB 10.14.1: Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, You are the only worshipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore I offer my humble obeisances and prayers just to please You. O son of the king of the cowherds, Your transcendental body is dark blue like a new cloud, Your garment is brilliant like lightning, and the beauty of Your face is enhanced by Your guñjā earrings and the peacock feather on Your head. Wearing garlands of various forest flowers and leaves, and equipped with a herding stick, a buffalo horn and a flute, You stand beautifully with a morsel of food in Your hand.
461 (The difference between Krishna's appearance in Vrndavana and His appearance in Mathura and Dvaraka is described in) Yamala Tantra:
"The Krishna known as Yadukumara is Vasudeva Krishna. He is different from the Krishna who is the son of Nanda Maharaja. Yadukumara Krishna manifests His pastimes in the cities of Mathura and Dvaraka, but Krishna the son of Nanda Maharaja never at any times leaves Vrndavana.*
462 "Vrndavana-Krishna always has two arms. He never has four arms. He eternally enjoys pastimes with a certain gopi."
463 In His prakata form Lord Krishna goes to the Yadus' capitol, Mathura. Concealing His real identity as the son of Vraja's king, He shows Himself as Lord Vasudeva. Vasudeva has sometimes with two arms and sometimes four arms.
464 Yadava-Krishna goes to Dvaraka and manifests the same pastimes He showed in Mathura.
465 There (in Dvaraka) He manifests His third and fourth catur-vyuha expansions: Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
466 Beginning with His marriages, many wonderful and extraordinary pastimes of His catur-vyuha expansions are described there.
467 During the Lord's prakata pastimes, the people of Vraja were separated from Him for three months. Then Lord Krishna again appeared. For three months He appeared among (or returned to) them.
468 Here the word "sangati" may be interpreted in two ways, as "appearance" or "return".
469 "Appearance"
Concerned for the welfare of His dear devotees, whose hearts were overcome with pain in His separation, He suddenly appeared among them.
470 When from Uddhava they heard Krishna's message, Krishna, wearing a forest garland, suddenly appeared among them in Vraja.
471 That Shri Krishna, although remaining in Dvaraka, appeared in Vraja is described again and again in many Vedic scriptures, beginning with Brhad Vishnu Purana.
472 When Lord Krishna appeared in Vraja, which had been tormented with separation from Him, the people of Vraja thought His journey to Mathura had been only a bad dream.
473 "Return"
Showing love for His friends and the truthfulness of His word (travelling) by chariot and other vehicles, Lord Krishna returned to His dear Vraja.
474 "The truthfulness of His word is described in Shrimad-Bhagavatam (10.39.35):
"Krishna was very much affected upon seeing the plight of the gopis and He therefore consoled them. He told them they should not be aggrieved; He was coming back very soon after finishing His business."*
475 In the same way (Shrimad-Bhagavatam 10.45.23), where Lord Krishna says to Maharaja Nanda and Yasoda devi):
"My dear father and mother, I know you will be feeling separation by returning to Vrndavana and leaving Us here, but please rest assured that I shall be coming back to Vrndavana just after giving some satisfaction to my real father and mother, Vasudeva and Devaki, My grandfather, and other relatives and family members."*
476 Shri Krishna's promise was repeated by His dearest friend, the Yadava minister Uddhava.
477 (Uddhava said to Nanda and Yasoda, in Shrimad-Bhagavatam 10.46.35 and 34):
"I have brought a message from Krishna to the effect that He will soon come back to Vrndavana and satisfy you both by His personal presence. Now that Krishna has killed Kamsa, the Yadava's enemy, in the wrestling arena, Krishna has promised that He will come back to Vrndavana after finishing His business in Mathura. This promise He will surely fulfil."*
478 That Shri Krishna kept this promise (to return to Vraja) is confirmed by the words of Dvaraka's residents (Shrimad-Bhagavatam 1.11.9):
479 "O lotus-eyed Lord, whenever You go away to Mathura, Vrndavana or Hastinapura to meet Your friends and relatives, every moment of Your absence seems like a million years. O infallible one, at that time our eyes become useless, as if bereft of sun."*
480 (This verse should be interpreted in the following way): "O Lotus eyed Lord (bho ambujaksa), You have gone (bhavan apsasara) to Mathura (Mathun), eagerly desiring to see Nanda Maharaja and Your other friends and relatives there (suhrd-didrksasaya)." The word "madhun" means "the village of Vraja in the district of Mathura." Because the city of Mathura is not meant here the friends are the Lord's friends in Vraja.
481 Shri Krishna travelled by chariot to Mathura, killed the demon Dantavakra, and then returned to Vraja. This is clearly described in prose and verse in Padma Purana (Uttara-khanda 279.24-26):
482 "After killing Dantavakra, Lord Krishna bathed in the Yamuna, entered Nanda's Vraja, greeted and consoled His parents who yearned (to see Him) was embraced by them as tears (streamed down their) necks, bowed down before the gopas, consoled them, and offered them many garments, ornaments, and other gifts.
483 "Under a desire tree by the Yamuna's charming shore Krishna enjoyed pastimes with the gopis day and night. Dressed as a gopa, he stayed there for two months, happily enjoying charming pastimes filled with the nectar of great love."
484 Explanation
Here "uttirya" means "bathing". The Lord killed the demon, bathed in the Yamuna, and went to Vraja.
485 Although in His prakata pastimes the Lord is sometimes briefly absent, (in His aprakata pastimes) in His three abodes He enjoys pastimes eternally (and is never absent).
486 In the Padma Purana's description of Shri Krishna's return to Vraja, another pastime is also related (Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda 279.27):
487 "Then, by Lord Krishna's mercy, the gopas headed by Nanda, their wives and children, and the cows, birds, deer and other living entities there, all in glorious spiritual forms, entered spiritual airplanes and went to the highest Vaikuntha realm."
488 Explanation
Lord Krishna at once sent to Vaikuntha the demigods headed by Drona, who were amsa-avataras of the devotees headed by Vraja's king.
489 With the residents of Gokula, who to Him are dearer than the dearest, Lord Krishna eternally enjoys pastimes in Vrndavana.
490 In Skanda Purana, Ayodhya-mahatmya, the following is heard about Laksmana:
491 "As everyone watched, Indra spoke sweet words to Laksmana who, true to His word, had assumed the form of Ananta Sesa.
492 "Indra said: "O Laksmana, O hero, O destroyer of enemies, You have fulfilled Your mission of assisting the demigods. Please return to Your own transcendental abode. O Lord, Your form of Ananta Sesa, who has glittering hoods, has now come. Please return to your own eternal abode in the realm of Lord Vishnu."
493 "After speaking thus, Indra, in the company of the demigods, respectfully placed Laksmana on Ananta Sesa, who had come from Patalaloka and who can carry all the universes, and then he himself went to Devaloka."
494 Desiring to perform His aprakata pastimes, the Lord manifested at Dvaraka the illusions that began with a sage's curse.
495 Then, accompanied by they who as amsa-avataras of the demigods and their followers had incarnated in the Vrsni dynasty, the Lord, in His form as Ksirodakasayi Vishnu, went to His own abode.
496 With the Yadavas and others who eternally enjoy pastimes with Him, Lord Krishna continued to enjoy pastimes at Dvaraka.
497 The Lord's abode is said to be in two parts: Mathura and Dvaraka. They say Mathura is also in the two parts: Gokula and Mathura City.
498 The abode named Goloka manifests its opulence as the abode Gokula. Goloka is described in Brahma-samhita (5.43 and 56):
499 "Below the planet named Goloka Vrndavana are the planets known as Devi-dhama, Mahesa-dhama and Hari-dhama. These are opulent in different ways. They are managed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, the original Lord. I offer my obeisances unto Him."*
500-1 "I worship the transcendental seat known as Svetadvipa, where as loving consorts the Laksmis in their unalloyed spiritual essence practice the amorous service of the Supreme Lord Krishna as their only lover; where every tree is a transcendental purpose tree; where the soil is a purpose gem, all water is nectar, every word is a song, every gait is a dance, the flute is the favourite attendant, effulgence is full of transcendental bliss and the supreme spiritual entities are all enjoyable and tasty, where numberless milk-cows always emit transcendental oceans of milk, and where there is eternal existence of transcendental time, who is ever present and without past or future and hence is not subject to the quality of passing away even for the space of half a moment. That realm is known as Goloka only to a very few self-realised souls in this world."**
 
 
comment: Some preachers hurl thunderbolts at devotees hearts when they state Krsna brake promises and never returns to Vrindavana , leaving a hopelessness in devotees heart of this material world that is suffering so much from Krsna not being present before them.Krsna personally brings the inhabitants of Vraja back to Goloka Vrindavana also,this is the direct words of Sri Krsna and they are true, we should not doubt Krsnas words:
Krsna says in Bhagavad Gita:Mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah, bhajanty ananya-manasah [Bg.9.13].
Or
Chapter 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge
TEXT 22
ananyas cintayanto mam ye janah paryupasate
tesam nityabhiyuktanam yoga-ksemam vahamy aham
SYNONYMS
ananyah--no other; cintayantah--concentrating; mam--unto Me; ye--who; janah--persons; paryupasate--properly worship; tesam--their; nitya--always; abhiyuktanam--fixed in devotion; yoga-ksemam--requirements; vahami--carry; aham--I.
TRANSLATION
But those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form--to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.
PURPORT
One who is unable to live for a moment without Krsna consciousness cannot but think of Krsna twenty-four hours, being engaged in devotional service by hearing, chanting, remembering, offering prayers, worshiping, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, rendering other services, cultivating friendship and surrendering fully to the Lord. Such activities are all auspicious and full of spiritual potencies; indeed, they make the devotee perfect in self-realization. Then his only desire is to achieve the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is called yoga. By the mercy of the Lord, such a devotee never comes back to this material condition of life. Ksema refers to the merciful protection of the Lord. The Lord helps the devotee to achieve Krsna consciousness by yoga, and when he becomes fully Krsna conscious the Lord protects him from falling down to a miserable conditioned life.
We have to associate with devotees that give us the proper siddhanta and not teach us something false this is important.
Srial Prabhupada has stated in a lecture:

"Mix with such sadhu who are actually executing Krsna-bhajana"

by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

This is the symptom of mahatma, one who has surrendered to Krsna fully. Sa mahatma sudurlabhah. So that is guru, mahatma, who knows vasudevah sarvam iti [Bg.7.19]. Such mahatma is guru. Mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah, bhajanty ananya-manasah [Bg.9.13]. The
guru has no other business than Krsna-bhajana. So that you have to see.You have to learn. You have to appreciate with persons who are actually engaged in Krsna-bhajana. Then you'll understand. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah [Cc.Madhya23.14-15]. Sadhu means bhajate mam ananya-bhak sadhur eva sa mantavyah [Bg.9.30]. He's sadhu. Who? Who has no other business than Krsna. Mix with such sadhu who are actually executing Krsna-bhajana. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah. This is the description of the sadhu. Bhajate mam Anaya-bhak sadhur eva sa mantavayah [Bg.9.30]. These things are there. There is no question of being misled. But if you purposefully mislead yourself, who can check? In the beginning you may commit some mistake, but when you study Bhagavad-gita -- who is sadhu, who is mahatma, who is guru -- then why shall we make, commit mistake again? If you have done mistake -- you have gone to a rascal who is not Krsna conscious- then when you read Bhagavad-gita, you can understand. Why you are misled? Why you should be misled? If it is written on the road, "Keep to the left," why should you be misled and go to the right? Go to the left. Then you are not misled. So here it is said, mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah [Bg.9.13]. A mahatma means who is always engaged in Krsna consciousness. Why do you accept somebody as mahatma who does not speak about Krsna? Then you are misleading yourself. Sa mahatma sudurlabhah. Vasudeva sarvam iti [Bg.7.19]. Everything, direction, is there. Why you create your own mahatma? If you want to be cheated, who can check you? That is your fault. In Bhagavad-gita, it is clearly said,
bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah [Bg.7.19]
That is mahatma. Mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakritim asritah, bhajanty ananya-manasah [Bg.9.13]. Sadhur… Api cet suduracaro bhajate mam ananya-bhak [Bg.9.30]. He's mahatma. He's sadhu. We shall go to him. Why shall we go to a rascal? Simple directions. So if you are mislead, if you are cheated, whose fault it is? But if you want to be cheated, who can check? Even though somebody by mistake has gone to a rascal, the book is there. As soon as you find out, "Here is a rascal who does not know anything about Krsna, and I have come to him," reject him. That is stated in the sastra.
Gurur apy avaliptasya karyakaryam ajanantah parityago vidhiyate. (?) Even by mistake. You have come to a rascal who does does not know how to become guru, you can reject him. Why you should stick to him? Reject him. And by mistake I have come to rascal. Why shall I continue to accept him as guru? Canakya Pandita said, tyaja durjana-samsargam bhaj sadhu-samagamam: " Give up all rascals. Associate with sadhus." If you do not do that, that is your fault. Tyaja durjana-samsargam bhaj sadhu-samagamam. We have to mix with sadhu. Sadhu means who are twenty-four-hours engaged in Krsna's service: Things are there. Why you should mix with asadhu? Then how can you understand? Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah[Cc. Madhya 23.14-15]. If you have got little faith, then next business is to associate with sadhus.
[Srila Prabhupada Room Conversation --- January 31, 1977 in Bhubaneshwar, India]
your humble servant
Paramananda das

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