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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
as the supreme well-wisher of the conditioned souls. It is stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  that Lord Krṣṇa descends in every millennium just to give protection to His devotees and to annihilate the nondevotees. Nārāyaṇa Rṣi, also being an incarnation of Krṣṇa, is also addressed as the well-wisher of the conditioned souls. As is stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā , everyone should know that there is no well-wisher like Krṣṇa. Everyone should understand that Lord Krṣṇa is the well-wisher of everyone and should take shelter unto Krṣṇa. In this way one can become completely confident and satisfied knowing that he has someone who is able to give him all protection. Krṣṇa Himself, His incarnations and His plenary expansions are all supreme well-wishers of the conditioned souls, but Krṣṇa is the well-wisher even for the demons, for He gave salvation to all demons who came to kill Him at Vṛndāvana; therefore Krṣṇa's welfare activities are absolute, for even though He annihilates a demon or gives protection to a devotee, His activities are one and the same. It is said that the demon Pūtanā was elevated to the same position as Krṣṇa's mother. When Krṣṇa kills a demon it should be known that the demon is supremely benefitted by this; however, a pure devotee is always protected by the Lord.
Nārada Muni, after offering respects to his spiritual master, went to the  āśrama  of Vyāsadeva and narrated the entire story to his disciple. Thus Nārada Muni, being properly received by Vyāsadeva in his  āśrama  and seated very comfortably, began to narrate what he had heard from Nārāyaṇa Rṣi. In this way Śukadeva Gosvāmī informed Mahārāja Parīkṣit of the answers to his questions regarding the essence of Vedic knowledge and regarding what is considered to be the ultimate goal in the  Vedas . The supreme goal in life is to seek the transcendental blessings of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus become engaged in the loving service of the Lord. One should follow in the footsteps of Śukadeva Gosvāmī and all the Vaiṣṇavas in the disciplic succession and should pay respectful obeisances unto Lord Krṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari. The four sects of Vaiṣṇava disciplic succession, namely the Madhva-sampradāya, the Rāmānuja-sampradāya, the Viṣṇusvāmī-sampradāya, and the Nimbārka-sampradāya, in pursuance of all Vedic conclusions, agree that one should surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Vedic literatures are divided into two parts: the  śrutis  and the  smṛtis . The  śrutis  are the four  Vedas :  Rk ,  Sāma ,  Atharva  and  Yajus , and the  Upaniṣads , and the  smṛtis  are the  Purāṇas  like  Mahābhārata , which includes  Bhagavad-gītā . The conclusion of all these is that one should know Śrī Krṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the