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na veda kaścid bhagavaṁś cikīrṣitaṁ tavehamānasya nṛṇāṁ viḍambanam na yasya kaścid dayito ’sti karhicid dveṣyaś ca yasmin viṣamā matir nṛṇām

O Lord, no one can understand Your transcendental pastimes, which appear to be human and so are misleading. You have …

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.29

The Lord’s mercy upon the fallen souls is equally distributed. He has no one as the specific object of hostility. …

When the Lord descends on this material world by His all-merciful energy, He plays like a human being, and therefore …

The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (4.8):

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

“In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, …

When God incarnates, He has two missions – to vanquish the demons and deliver the sādhus, the faithful devotees. The …

Now, the Lord comes to deliver the devotees (paritrāṇāya sādhūnām), but it is clearly stated in Bhagavad-gītā (14.26) that a …

The answer to this contradiction is that a sādhu, a devotee, does not require deliverance, but because he is very …

The appearance and disappearance of the Lord within this material world are called cikīrṣitam, pastimes. It is Kṛṣṇa’s pastime that …

The Lord is not envious. The killing of the demons is also a display of His affection. Sometimes we may …

Kuntīdevī says, na yasya kaścid dayitaḥ. The word dayita means “favorite.” Kṛṣṇa favors no one. Dveṣyaś ca: and no one …

Why then are we worshiping Kṛṣṇa in the temple by offering Kṛṣṇa so many comforts, dressing Him, decorating Him, and …

Kṛṣṇa does not need our service, but He kindly accepts it. When Kṛṣṇa asks us to surrender unto Him (sarva-dharmān …

Unfortunately, however, instead of becoming Kṛṣṇa’s servants, we are becoming servants of so many other things. We are servants of …

Here Kuntīdevī says, “Your appearance in this material world is misleading, bewildering.” We think, “Kṛṣṇa has some mission, some purpose, …

The real purpose of the Lord’s pastimes is His free will. He thinks, “Let Me go and see.” He doesn’t …

Sometimes Kṛṣṇa even wants to enjoy the pleasure pastimes of fighting. The fighting spirit is also in Kṛṣṇa, otherwise wherefrom …