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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
His protection of the devotees and killing the demons, as confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā , are always good for men to hear and narrate. The glorious activities of the Lord will ever increasingly be chanted by the devotees and demigods.
“Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the spiritual master of all spiritual masters; He is the deliverer of all fallen souls and the proprietor of the three worlds. Anyone is able to see Him by eyes smeared with love of Godhead. Today I shall be able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who by His transcendental beauty has attracted the goddess of fortune to live with Him perpetually. As soon as I arrive in Vṛndāvana, I will get down from this chariot and fall prostrate to offer my obeisances to the Supreme Lord, the master of material nature and all living entities. The lotus feet of Krṣṇa are always worshiped by great mystic  yogīs , so I shall also worship His lotus feet and become one of His friends in Vṛndāvana like the cowherd boys. When I bow down before Lord Krṣṇa in that way, certainly He will place His fearless lotus hand on my head. His hand is offered to all conditioned souls who take shelter under His lotus feet. Krṣṇa is the ultimate goal of life for all people who fear material existence, and certainly when I see Him He will give me the shelter of His lotus feet, I am aspiring for the touch of His lotus-like hands on my head.”
In this way Akrūra expected blessings from the hand of Krṣṇa. He knew that Indra, who is the king of heaven and the master of the three worlds—the upper, middle, and lower planetary systems—was blessed by the Lord simply for his offering a little water which Krṣṇa accepted. Similarly, Bali Mahārāja gave only three feet of land in charity to Vāmanadeva, and he also offered a little water which Lord Vāmanadeva accepted, and thereby Bali Mahārāja attained the position of Indra. When the  gopīs  were dancing with Krṣṇa in the  rāsa  dance, they became fatigued, and Krṣṇa smeared His hand, which is as fragrant as a lotus flower, over the pearl-like drops of perspiration on the faces of the  gopīs , and immediately they became refreshed. Thus Akrūra was expecting benediction from that supreme hand of Krṣṇa. Krṣṇa’s hand is capable of bestowing benediction to all kinds of men if they take to Krṣṇa consciousness. If one wants material happiness like the king of heaven, he can derive that benediction from the hand of Krṣṇa; if one wants liberation from the pangs of material existence, he can also get benediction from the hand of Krṣṇa; and if one in pure transcendental love for Krṣṇa wants personal association and the touch of His transcendental body, he can also gain benediction from His hand.
Akrūra was afraid, however, of being deputed by Kamsa, the enemy of Krṣṇa. He thought, “I am going to see Krṣṇa as a messenger of the enemy.”