It was a very pleasant time in the autumn season. One night,. at about ten o’clock, the earth had put on a sari of cool and gentle moonlight, and her beauty had become intensely attractive. Vijaya Kumāra was reading Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi and pondering
deeply on the subject matter when his gaze suddenly fell upon
the auspicious radiance of the moonlight. His heart became
filled with an indescribable rapture, and he thought, “This is a very beautiful time. Why not go immediately and have darśana
of Sundarācala? I have heard that whenever Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu had darśana of Sundarācala, He saw a sphūrti of vraja-dhāma.” Thinking like this, he set off alone in the direction
of Sundarācala. By this time, Vijaya Kumāra was taking
instructions in the practice of bhajana in pure madhura - rasa. His thoughts only flowed towards hearing about Kṛṣṇa’s vraja-līlā
and specifically, Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with the gopīs; any other
topics had become tasteless to him.
He passed Balagaṇḍī and made his way towards Śraddhābāli. As he saw the small forests on either side, a sphūrti of Vṛndāvana
manifested before his eyes. He became overwhelmed with prema,
and said, “Aho! I am so very fortunate! I am having darśana of that Vraja-bhūmi, which is extremely difficult to attain, even for