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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
a rascal. On hearing this question of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied, "My dear King, your question is already answered, even before this incident."
Because Parīkṣit Mahārāja wanted to clear up the situation, his spiritual master answered him very intelligently, "Why are you again asking the same subject matter which has already been explained to you? Why are you so forgetful?" A spiritual master is always in the superior position, so he has the right to chastise his disciple in this way. Śukadeva Gosvāmī knew that Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked the question not for his own understanding, but as a warning to the future innocent people who might think others to be equal to Krṣṇa.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī then reminded Parīkṣit Mahārāja about the salvation of Śiśupāla. Śiśupāla was always envious of Krṣṇa, and because of his envy Krṣṇa killed him. Since Krṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śiśupāla gained salvation simply by seeing Him. If an en ious person can get salvation simply by concentrating his mind on Krṣṇa, then what to speak of the  gopīs  who are so dear to Krṣṇa and always thinking of Him in love? There must be some difference between the enemies and the friends. If Krṣṇa's enemies could get freed from material contamination and become one with the Supreme, then certainly His dear friends like the  gopīs  are freed and with Him.
Besides that, in the  Bhagavad-gītā  Krṣṇa is called Hrṣīkeśa. Śukadeva Gosvāmī also said that Krṣṇa is Hrṣīkeśa, the Supersoul, whereas an ordinary man is a conditioned soul covered by the material body. Krṣṇa and Krṣṇa's body are the same because He is Hrṣīkeśa. Any person making a distinction between Krṣṇa and Krṣṇa's body is fool number one. Krṣṇa is Hrṣīkeśa and Adhokṣaja. These two particular words have been used by Parīkṣit Mahārāja in this instance. Hrṣīkeśa is the Supersoul, and Adhokṣaja is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, transcendental to the material nature. Just to show favor to the ordinary li ing entities, out of His causeless mercy, He appears as He is. Unfortunately, foolish persons mistake Him to be another ordinary person, and so they become eligible to go to hell. Śukadeva Gosvāmī reconfirmed that Krṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, imperishable, immeasurable, and free from all material contamination.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to inform Mahārāja Parīkṣit that Krṣṇa is not an ordinary person. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full of all spiritual qualities. He appears in this material world out of His causeless mercy, and whenever He appears, He appears as He is without change. This is also confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā . There the Lord says that He