{"id":2862,"date":"2020-12-14T12:51:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T07:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discoverursupersoul.com\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2020-12-14T12:51:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T07:21:39","slug":"why-krishna-is-called-govinda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/why-krishna-is-called-govinda\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Krishna is called Govinda?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why Lord Krishna is called Lord Govinda? #shorts\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VXYBBEyyVBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Krishna is also called as Lord Govinda. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vedabase.io\/en\/library\/bs\/5\/29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brahma Samhita<\/a><\/span> says \u201cgovindam \u0101di-puru\u1e63a\u1e41 tam aha\u1e41 bhaj\u0101mi.\u201d It means \u201cI worship Govinda the primeval Lord, the first progenitor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We may wonder why Krishna is called Govinda. Krishna has many names. In fact, he has hundreds and millions of names. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu confirms this in his Siksastakam prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-shaktis<br>tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah<br>etadrishi tava kripa bhagavan mamapi<br>durdaivam idrisham ihajani nanuragaha&#8221;<br><br>&#8220;O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus <strong>You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krsna and Govinda<\/strong>. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These holy names have immense potency. These names purify our hearts and bestow upon us love of Krishna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3 reasons why Krishna is called Govinda<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us understand why Krishna is called Govinda. There are three reasons why Krishna is called Govinda. <strong>The word \u201cgo\u201d has three meanings. \u201cgo\u201d means cows, \u201cgo\u201d means senses and \u201cgo\u201d means land.<\/strong> <strong>And the word \u201cvinda\u201d means pleasure giving. <\/strong>So, the word Govinda means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One who gives pleasure to the cows<\/li><li>One who gives pleasure to the senses<\/li><li>One who gives pleasure to the land<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Krishna gives pleasure to the cows<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We see that Krishna gives unlimited pleasure to the cows. Krishna is also called Gopala because he takes care of the cows. Cows in association with Krishna experiences lots of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Krishna gives pleasure to the senses<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Krishna gives pleasure to our senses. When we engage our senses in the service of Krishna, we experience unlimited bliss. This is the reason that the devotees of Lord enjoy unlimited happiness because they engage all their senses 24hours in a day in the service of Krishna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Krishna gives pleasure to the land<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Krishna protects the land and also gives pleasure to the land. The land of Vraja, Govardhan Hill, Dwarka or Mathura remain always joyful because they get association of Krishna. Since they have taken shelter of Krishna&#8217;s lotus feet, they experience complete perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Srila Prabhupada explains:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Govinda is another name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Go means cows and go means land and go means senses. There are three meanings of go. So&#8230; And vinda means pleasure-giving. <strong>So, He gives pleasure to the senses, He gives pleasure to the cows, and He gives pleasure to the land.&#8221; <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/vanisource.org\/wiki\/Lecture_Excerpt_--_Montreal,_June_29,_1968?hl=Govinda|means\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Lecture Excerpt &#8212; Montreal, June 29, 1968<\/span><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Krishna is also called as Lord Govinda. Brahma Samhita says \u201cgovindam \u0101di-puru\u1e63a\u1e41 tam aha\u1e41 bhaj\u0101mi.\u201d It means \u201cI worship Govinda the primeval Lord, the first progenitor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-krishna"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}