35 / Summary Description of Lord Krṣṇa's Pastimes
After returning from the spiritual kingdom, which he was able to visit personally along with Krṣṇa, Arjuna was very much astonished. He thought to himself that although he was only an ordinary living entity, by the grace of Krṣṇa it had been possible for him to see personally the spiritual world. Not only had he seen the spiritual world, but he had also personally seen the original Mahā-Viṣṇu, the cause of the material creation. It is said that Krṣṇa never goes out of Vṛndāvana.  Vṛndāvanam parityajya na pādam ekam gacchati.  Krṣṇa is supreme in Mathurā, He is more supreme in Dvārakā, and He is most supreme in Vṛndāvana. Krṣṇa's pastimes in Dvārakā are displayed by His Vāsudeva portion, yet there is no difference between the Vāsudeva portion manifested in Mathurā and Dvārakā and the original manifestation of Krṣṇa at Vṛndāvana. In the beginning of this book we have discussed that when Krṣṇa appears, all His incarnations, plenary portions and portions of the plenary portions come with Him. Thus some of His different pastimes are manifested not by the original Krṣṇa Himself but by His different portions and plenary portions of incarnation. Arjuna was therefore puzzled about how Krṣṇa went to see the Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu in the spiritual world. This is fully discussed in the commentaries of Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākur.
It is understood from the speech of Mahā-Viṣṇu that He was very anxious to see Krṣṇa. It may be said, however, that since Mahā-Viṣṇu took away the  brāhmaṇa 's sons, He certainly must have gone to Dvārakā to do so. Therefore, why did He not see Krṣṇa there? A possible answer is that Krṣṇa cannot be seen even by the Mahā-Viṣṇu who is lying in the Causal Ocean of the spiritual world, unless Krṣṇa gives His permission. Thus Mahā-Viṣṇu took away the  brāhmaṇa 's sons one after another just after their births so that Krṣṇa would come personally to retrieve them and then Mahā-Viṣṇu would be able to see Him there. If that is so, the next
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