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Bhagavad Gita 6.32: atmaupamyena sarvatra samam pasyati yo ’rjuna sukham va yadi va duhkham sa yogi paramo matah “He is a perfect yogi who, by comparison to his own self, sees the true equality of all beings, both in their happiness and distress, O Arjuna!” MDd

Lord Krsna eats japa too: dvija-strINAM bhakte mRduni vidurAnne vraja-gavAM dadhi-kSIre sakhyuH sphuTa-cipita-muSTau mura-ripo yazodAyAH stanye vraja-yuvati-datte madhuni te yathAsId Amodas tam imam upahAre 'pi kurutAm "O Lord Mura-ripu, just as you delighted in the succulent meals offered by the yajJika brAhmaNas' wives, the foodstuffs of Vidura, the dairy products of Your cows in Vraja, the puffed rice in the fist of Your friend (SudAmA), the breast-milk from Your mother Yashoda, and the sweets given to You by the young girls in Vraja, so I hope You will accept even this offering."

Sorry, it's from a long time ago (6/17/01). Observing that cponversational Sanskrit is rather rare and difficult, Talasiga asked why one wouldn't just learn Radha and Krsna's language. MDd

This seems a rather harsh dismissal. It's possible to arbitrate a "pure" Braja-bhasha if one takes the medieval poetry for which that language is best known as one's ideal. It's also true that some of the most notable medieval Gaudiya Vaishnavas (including those from distant Tamil Nadu) chose to adopt Braj as their vehicle of devotional expression. Most employed Braja-buli instead, but one could just as easily dismiss that, as it's also a new Indo-Aryan language. The six gosvamis and others wrote in Sanskrit, and it's a good question, to ask why they almost exclusively did so even though everyone around them was writing in Braj. Anyone have any theories about this? Thanks, Mukunda Datta dasa

In Srimad-Bhagavatam, 10.8.22, Srila Prabhupada writes: "Thereafter, Lord Krsna, along with Balarama, began to play with the other children of the cowherd men, thus awakening the transcendental bliss of the cowherd women." PURPORT "The word saha-ramah, meaning “along with Balarama,” is significant in this verse. In such transcendental pastimes, Krsna is the chief hero, and Balarama provides additional help." ------------------ MDd