Gopalacampu 1.1.80

1.1.80

[41] anyac ca, yasya ca golokasya madhyam adhyāsya sphuṭatarāneka-sahasra-patrī-paricitam ajasram eva khalv amalaṃ mahā-maṇi-kamalaṃ gokula-nāmatayā nija-rūpaṃ nirūpayati, "go-gopāvāsa-vraja-rūpa-vraja evāham asmi" iti |
[42] nyāya-vinyastam eva ca khalv idam, rūḍhir yogam apaharati iti | yathā jalaja-śabdenāpsavya-mātraṃ nocyate, kintu kamalam eva | rūḍhitām eva khalv ākhyā-grahaṇam
āviṣkaroti | [43] śrī-śuka-devenāpy etad-apekṣayoktaṃ, bhagavān gokuleśvaraḥ iti | varaṭ-pratyayaḥ khalv atra śīlārthatā-paraḥ | tad eva cāmnātaṃ gokulaṃ vana-vaikuṇṭham iti |

[41] Moreover, occupying the center of that Goloka, an immaculate, great lotus of jewels characterized constantly by many thousands of manifest petals reveals its own nature under the name Gokula, thinking: "I indeed am Vraja, the form of the settlement that is the abode of cows and cowherds." / [42] And indeed, this rule of logic is established: "Conventional usage overrides etymological derivation." Just as by the word 'jalaja' [water-born] not just anything born in water is denoted, but specifically a lotus, indeed the adoption of the proper name reveals this conventional sense. [43] With regard to this, Śrī Śukadeva also said: "The Lord, the master of Gokula..." Here, the suffix varaṭ conveys the sense of innate nature. And that very Gokula is celebrated in scripture as 'forest-Vaikuṇṭha.'