47 / Krṣṇa Pleases His Devotees
For days together, Krṣṇa heard from Uddhava all the details of his visit to Vrṇdāvana, of the condition of His father and mother, and of the  gopīs  and the cowherd boys. Lord Krṣṇa was fully satisfied that Uddhava was able to solace them by his instruction and by the message delivered to them.
Lord Krṣṇa then decided to go to the house of Kubjā, the hunchback woman who had pleased Him by offering Him sandalwood when He was entering the city of Mathurā. As stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā , Krṣṇa always tries to please His devotees, and the devotees try to please Krṣṇa. As the devotees always think of Krṣṇa within their hearts, so Krṣṇa also thinks of His devotees within Himself. When Kubjā was converted into a beautiful society girl, she wanted Krṣṇa to come to her place so that she could try to receive and worship Him in her own way. Society girls generally try to satisfy their clients by offering their bodies to the men to enjoy. But this society girl, Kubjā, was actually captivated by a lust to satisfy her senses with Krṣṇa. When Krṣṇa desired to go to the house of Kubjā, He certainly had no desire for sense gratification. By supplying the sandalwood pulp to Krṣṇa, Kubjā had already satisfied His senses. On the plea of her sense gratification, He decided to go to her house, not actually for sense gratification, but to turn her into a pure devotee. Krṣṇa is always served by many thousands of goddesses of fortune; therefore He has no need to satisfy His senses by going to a society girl. But as He is kind to everyone, He decided to go there. It is said that the moon does not withhold its shining from the courtyard of a crooked person. Similarly, Krṣṇa's transcendental mercy is never denied to anyone, whether one has rendered service unto Him through lust, anger, fear or pure love. In the  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  it is stated that if one wants to serve Krṣṇa and at the same time wants to satisfy his own lusty desires, Krṣṇa will handle it so that the devotee forgets his lusty desire and becomes fully purified and constantly engaged in the service of the Lord.
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