The Devas travel to Goloka Vrndavan...

"The stories that are mentioned in the Garga-samhita, I have never seen in any other Puranas. Some
Puranas have presented some stories to us for some knowledge and from childhood we are hearing so
many Krishna's Pastime stories, and when I read a little bit of the Garga-samhita I understood from
where they came from." ~ Srila Govinda Maharaj

~ Sri-Goloka-dhama-nivarnanam, Description of the Abode of Sri Goloka

Chapter 2, 1-57 ~ by Sri Garga Muni

"A person who has a tongue but does not glorify glorious Sri Krsna is a fool. Even if he somehow
approaches the staircases to liberation, he cannot climb it.

Now I will describe to you Sri Krishna's coming to this earth during the Varaha-kalpa. Oh lord, please
hear what happened.

In ancient times the earth, overcome with a burden of many daityas, danavas, and human kings,
assumed the form of a cow and, helplessly crying, trembling, and describing her troubles, took shelter of
the demigod Brahma.

Brahma comforted her and then, accompanied by Siva and the demigods, went to Lord Hari's palace in
Vaikuntha.

Brahma bowed down before four-armed Lord Visnu and explained why he had come. Then He who is
the husband of the goddess of fortune spoke to Brahma and the troubled demigods.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Without Krishna, who is the Supreme Personality, the
master of countless universes, perfect, above the demigods, and the enjoyer of transcendental
pastimes, this problem will not be solved. You should go to His eternal and effulgent abode at once.

Sri Brahma said: I do not know anyone greater and more perfect than You. If there is such a person
please show Him to us, O Lord.

Sri Narada said: When this was said, perfect Lord Hari showed all the demigods a spiritual river path
flowing through the hole Sri Vamana made in the universe with His toenail.

Going by boat on this path, the demigods left the universe. They saw the universe was like a round
kutaja fruit far below.

When the saw the other universes were like many kutaja fruits bobbing in the water (of the Karana
Ocean), they all became frightened and surprised.

Millions of yojanas higher they came to eight cities charming with glistening jewel-forest groves.

Higher still the demigods saw the Vraja rivers splendid shore, which was splashed by waves like as silk
and glorious with manystaircases.

After seeing this, they entered a city splendid as countless millions of suns.

As they looked at it's splendour they became overpowered, their eyes struck by the light. By Lord
Vishnu's order, Brahma offered obeisances to that light and meditated on it.

In that circle of light he saw the form of a peaceful transcendental realm. When the demigods saw in
that realm the very wonderful white lotus stem of thousand-faced Lord Sesa, they bowed down to offer
respects to Him.

On His head was the transcendental realm of Goloka, which is worshiped by all the worlds, and which is
a realm where time, the conqueror of the proud, does not prevail, and where illusion, the material mind,
heart, intelligence, and ego, material transformations and the mahat-tattva do enter. How can the
modes of nature enter there?

Their forms very beautiful, more beautiful than Kamadeva himself, Sri Krishna's associates stood at the
entrance.

The demigods said: We, Brahma, Visnu, Siva, all the protectors of the planets, and the demigods headed
by Indra, have come here to see Sri Krsna.

Sri Narada said: Having heard this, the doorkeepers, girls who were the Lord's friends, went inside the
palace and told Sri Krsna of (the visitors) wish.

Then a girl named Satacandranana, who was dressed in yellow garments, who held a stick in her had,
and who was Sri Krsna's friend, came from inside and asked the demigods what they wished.

Sri Satacandranana said: All you demigods who have come here, of what universe are you the kings?
Tell me and I shall go to the Lord at once.

The demigods said: We have not seen any other universes. We know only one universe. O beautiful
one, there is no universe beyond ours.

Sri Satacandranana said: O demigod Brahma, millions of universes bob up and down (in the Karana
ocean). As you are demigods in one universe, so in each universe there are many demigods.

You do not even know their names: when did you even meet them? Never leaving your own homes,
you remain happy with stunted minds.

You know one universe. Living entities are born in many universes, like mosquitoes in many udumbara
fruits.

Sri Narada said: Mocked in this way, the demigods were silent. Seeing them intimidated, Lord Visnu
spoke some words.

Sri Visnu said: We stay in the universe where eternal Lord Prsnigarbha descended, the universe broken
by Lord Trivikrama's toenail.

Sri Narada said: Hearing this, she praised Him for a long time, again entered the palace, returned, and
gave the demigods permission (to enter. Then the demigods) entered the palace.

Then the demigods saw Goloka, where the king of mountains, named Govardhana, which was filled
with many cows and with gopis garlanded with forest flowers, and which was decorated with rasa-dance

circles, is splendidly manifest, were the dark Yamuna river meandered as it wished, (its shores) made
with lapis lazuli steps and decorated with millions of gazebos,

where the forest of Vrindavana, filled with splendid trees and vines, and glorious with bees, colourful
birds, and the banyan tree where (Krsna) played the flute, was splendidly manifested,

where, carrying the pollen of many thousand-petal lotuses, a cool breeze gently blew to the shore,

...where in the middle is the Lord's personal woodland of 32 forests, which is surrounded by walls and
moats and endowed with a reddish courtyard of eternal banyan trees,

a courtyard decorated with seven walls made of rubies and with a glory of pearls from awnings like
many millions of moons,

... where there were splendid flags moving (in the breeze), pathways that were flower palaces, and the
singing of many bees and many maddened peacocks and cuckoos,

... where there were many women effulgent as a hundred moons, wearing sunrise earrings, walking
about as they whished, noticing their beautiful faces reflected in the jewels, running in the jewel
courtyard, decorated with necklaces, bracelets, and tinkling ankle-bells,
and splendid with jewels in their hair,

where at door after door there were millions of millions of beautiful cows glorious as white
mountains, decorated with glittering ornaments,

young, full of milk, endowed with good character, virtues, and beauty, their tails yellow,
personifications of happiness as they walk about with their calves,.

decorated with a network of tiny bells, their bells and anklets tinkling, splendid with golden necklaces
and flower garlands, their horns of gold,

many different wonderful colours, come pink, some green, some red, some yellow, some black, some
smokey, and some the colour of cuckoos,

giving oceans of milk, marked with the signs of youth, leaping like deer, beautiful, decorated with
many calves,

where, wandering among the cows were many great bulls opulent with long horns and necks and very
pious,

where were many handsome cowherd boys, carrying flutes, holding sticks in their hands, and with
charming melodies singing of Krsna's pastimes.

Bowing down to offer respects, the demigods entered the Lord's personal forest grove, which was a
thousand-petal lotus that was a great circle of light.

Above that was a sixteen-petal lotus, above that an eight-petal lotus, and above that a long path
decorated with three stairways.

There all the demigods saw, sitting on a splendid throne studded with beautiful kaustubha jewels, and
accompanied by Sri Radha, Sri Krsna,

who was accompanied by eight splendid gopi friends headed by Mohini and served by eight gopas
headed by Sridama,

who was served with diamond-handled chamaras glorious as swans and millions of parasols like
millions of moons,

whose left arm was decorated by Sri Radhika, whose right foot was bent as He wished, who held a
flute, who smiled gently and gracefully, whose eyebrows enchanted hosts of Kamadevas,.

who was splendid as a raincloud, whose large eyes were lotus petals, whose arms were long, who
wore great yellow garments, who was splendid with a beautiful forest garland filled with the sounds of
intoxicated bees.

: who was splendid with bracelets, anklets, and a belt, who had a glittering, charming, very glorious
smile, who was handsome with the mark of Srivatsa and with a jewel placed in His curly locks of hair,
and who was glorious with a crown, necklace, armlets, and earrings.

Very happy, as if plunged in an ocean of bliss, by seeing Him, and their eyes now filled with tears,
offered their respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead."