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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
only because Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu is nondifferent from He Himself. This offering of obeisances by Krṣṇa to Mahā-Viṣṇu is not, however, the form of worship known as  ahaṅgraha-upāsanā , which is sometimes recommended for persons who are trying to elevate themselves to the spiritual world by performing the sacrifice of knowledge. This is also stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā :  jñāna-yajñena cāpy ante yajanto mām upāsate .
Although there was no necessity for Krṣṇa to offer obeisances, because He is the master teacher, He taught Arjuna just how respect should be offered to Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu. Arjuna, however, became very much afraid upon seeing the gigantic form of everything, distinct from the material experience. Seeing Krṣṇa offering obeisances to Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu, he immediately followed Him and stood before the Lord with folded hands. After this, the gigantic form of Mahā-Viṣṇu, greatly pleased, smiled pleasingly and spoke as follows.
“My dear Krṣṇa and Arjuna, I was very anxious to see you both, and therefore I arranged to take away the babies of the  brāhmaṇa  and keep them here. I have been expecting to see you both at this palace. You have appeared in the material world as My incarnations in order to minimize the force of the demoniac persons who burden the world. Now after killing all these unwanted demons, you will please again come back to Me. Both of you are incarnations of the great sage Nara-Nārāyaṇa. Although you are both complete in yourselves, to protect the devotees and to annihilate the demons and especially to establish religious principles in the world so that peace and tranquility may continue, you are teaching the basic principles of factual religion so that the people of the world may follow you and thereby be peaceful and prosperous.”
Both Lord Krṣṇa and Arjuna then offered their obeisances to Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu, and taking back the  brāhmaṇa ’s children, they returned to Dvārakā via the same route by which they had entered the spiritual world. All the children of the  brāhmaṇa  had duly grown up. After returning to Dvārakā, Lord Krṣṇa and Arjuna delivered to the  brāhmaṇa  all of his sons.
Arjuna, however, was struck with great wonder after visiting the transcendental world by the grace of Lord Krṣṇa. And by the grace of Krṣṇa he could understand that whatever opulence there may be within this material world is an emanation from Him. Any opulent position a person may have within this material world is due to Krṣṇa’s mercy. One should therefore always be in Krṣṇa consciousness, in complete gratefulness to Lord Krṣṇa, because whatever one may possess is all His mercy.