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Now some may say that Kṛṣṇa appeared for this purpose or that purpose, but the real conclusion is that Kṛṣṇa appears for His own pleasure, not because He is bound by any other cause. We take our birth because we are bound by our karma, but Kṛṣṇa, being fully independent, does not come We are compelled to take birth because of Kṛṣṇa’s external, material energy, but Kṛṣṇa is not controlled Māyā, the illusory energy, is under the control of Kṛṣṇa, so how could māyā control Him?

Brahmā receives knowledge from Kṛṣṇa and distributes that Vedic knowledge, and therefore he is an authority We have to approach an authoritative representative of Kṛṣṇa appearing in one of these sampradāyas, and

As Kṛṣṇa taught Arjuna, He also taught Brahmā, as stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye

When Kṛṣṇa appears, He protects the devotees and kills the demons. Therefore Kṛṣṇa in His Nārāyaṇa form has four hands. Thus Kṛṣṇa bugles with His conchshell, “My devotees will never be vanquished.”

The Vedic knowledge is given to everyone because Kṛṣṇa is within everyone’s heart (sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi Kṛṣṇa helps us by giving us knowledge both from within as the Supersoul (caitya-guru) and from without

Therefore Kṛṣṇa Himself, the original Nārāyaṇa, says in Bhagavad-gītā, mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat: “There

For example, I can see with my eyes, but Kṛṣṇa can also eat with His eyes. Foolish rascals will say, “You are offering food to Kṛṣṇa, but what has He eaten? It is still here. Such people do not know that Kṛṣṇa can eat just by seeing, for He can do anything with any part of His When a washerman refused to supply cloth to Kṛṣṇa in Mathurā, Lord Kṛṣṇa displayed His transcendental

Kṛṣṇa is the original Nārāyaṇa, the original source of the entire cosmic manifestation.

When mother earth feels this load to be too heavy, Kṛṣṇa comes just to unburden the earth. Then Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa appears as an incarnation, as stated in Bhagavad-gītā (4.7):

The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describes the original source of the creation, and this should be the actual subject , maintenance, and dissolution. has taken birth at a certain date, it lasts for some years – ten years, twenty years, fifty years, or whatever, according to the body – and then it will be finished. Where did this body come from, and when it is destroyed where will it go?

Kuntīdevī is describing the different statements of different persons about why Kṛṣṇa appears.

The word jña means “knowledge,” and abhi means “specific.” We have inadequate knowledge of where we have come from and where we shall go after death, and therefore He is not a stone or a void. How could He be? The sun and moon rise exactly on time, without deviating even one ten-thousandth of a second, and the seasons change in the same way, bringing with them fruits and flowers.

Such people are rascals, and they make it very difficult to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

other demigods, prayed at the shore of the Kṣīrodaka Ocean, and they were advised of the descent of Kṛṣṇa

It floats because Kṛṣṇa enters into it, as stated in Bhagavad-gītā (gām āviśya), just as He enters the

But Kṛṣṇa, Lord Viṣṇu, produced Lord Brahmā without the help of His wife, Lakṣmī, although she was present

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant

When there is too much lawlessness and there are too many criminals, the state becomes overburdened and disturbed, and the state administrators are puzzled about what to do. Similarly, when the world is overrun by demons and atheists, they create a burden, and the demigods, Both the demons and the demigods always exist, but when the demoniac power increases, the world is overburdened

Others say that the world, being overburdened like a boat at sea, is much aggrieved, and that Brahmā, who is Your son, prayed for You, and so You have appeared to diminish the trouble.

Matter grows and develops because of the presence of the spirit soul, and this principle has been followed At the beginning of creation the Supreme Spirit entered the universe, and the first living being, Brahmā