Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Sri Caitanya caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter 14, in Dallas.
“Although superficially Vrindavan is just a cowherd village, the opulence of Vrindavan far exceeds that of Vaikuntha. But because the mood of sweetness (madhurya) prevails in Vrindavan, it covers the mood of opulence (aisvarya)—even though Vrindavan’s opulence is greater than that of Dvaraka or Vaikuntha. Say, for example, there is a mixture of 100 gallons of lime juice and 100 pounds of sugar, and there is another container with 10 gallons of lime juice and 1 pound of sugar. The lime is like the opulence, and the sugar is like the sweetness. Vrindavan is like the 100 gallons of lime juice which has more opulence than Vaikuntha and yet is sweeter to the taste, with its 100 pounds of sugar, than the 10 gallons of lime juice with 1 pound of sugar.”
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Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya 14.228