By Suresvara Dasa
Before I went to Vrindaban in 1987, Kaulini asked me to find out what her name meant. With the help of a local Sanskritist, I learned two meanings: "the daughter of a noble family" (like Radha) and "buried treasure," a free translation. Because Kaulini liked to serve in the background, many never knew her, so I liked buried treasure the best.
Of all the sacrifices Kaulini lovingly performed during her thirty years at Gita-nagari, one especially stands out: Milking Krsna's cows in the dark in thirty below temperatures.
When I asked Kaulini how she did that--milked cows in thirty-below zero weather--she smiled and said "very fast." So when I heard a bull had come to her room for last darshan, and later, while her body was in repose at the barn, a cow had gushed auspicious mutra, I smiled.
The milkmaid had gone to serve her Cowherd Couple, Sri Sri Radha Damodar. We love you, Kaulini Ma, because you loved all of us in Srila Prabhupada's whole earth house. You are the sweetest, strongest mother I've ever met. Please correct me within/without so I can serve with you again.
Of all the sacrifices Kaulini lovingly performed during her thirty years at Gita-nagari, one especially stands out: Milking Krsna's cows in the dark in thirty below temperatures.
When I asked Kaulini how she did that--milked cows in thirty-below zero weather--she smiled and said "very fast." So when I heard a bull had come to her room for last darshan, and later, while her body was in repose at the barn, a cow had gushed auspicious mutra, I smiled.
The milkmaid had gone to serve her Cowherd Couple, Sri Sri Radha Damodar. We love you, Kaulini Ma, because you loved all of us in Srila Prabhupada's whole earth house. You are the sweetest, strongest mother I've ever met. Please correct me within/without so I can serve with you again.
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