Summary Description of Lord Krṣṇa's Pastimes
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question is this: Why would Mahā-Viṣṇu come to Dvārakā personally if He were not able to see Krṣṇa? Why did He not send some of His associates to take away the sons of the  brāhmaṇa ? A possible answer is that it is very difficult to put any of the citizens of Dvārakā into trouble in the presence of Krṣṇa. Therefore, it was not possible for any of Mahā-Viṣṇu's associates to take away the  brāhmaṇa 's sons, and thus He personally came to take them.
Another question may also be raised: The Lord is known as  brahmaṇya-deva , the worshipable Deity of the  brāhmaṇas , so why was He inclined to put a  brāhmaṇa  into such a terrible condition of lamentation over one son after another until the ninth son was taken away? The answer is that Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu was so anxious to see Krṣṇa that He did not hesitate even to give trouble to a  brāhmaṇa . Although giving trouble to a  brāhmaṇa  is a forbidden act, Lord Viṣṇu was prepared to do anything in order to see Krṣṇa—He was so anxious to see Him. After losing each of his sons, the  brāhmaṇa  would come to the gate of the palace and accuse the King of not being able to give the  brāhmaṇas  protection and of thus being unfit to sit on the royal throne. It was Mahā-Viṣṇu's plan that the  brāhmaṇa  would accuse the  kṣatriyas  and Krṣṇa, and Krṣṇa would be obliged to come see Him to take back the  brāhmaṇa 's sons.
Still another question may be raised: If Mahā-Viṣṇu cannot see Krṣṇa, then how was Krṣṇa obliged to come before Him after all to take back the sons of the  brāhmaṇa ? The answer is that Lord Krṣṇa went to see Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu not exactly to take away the sons of the  brāhmaṇa  but only for Arjuna's sake. His friendship with Arjuna was so intimate that when Arjuna prepared himself to die by entering the fire, Krṣṇa wanted to give him complete protection. Arjuna, however, would not desist from entering the fire unless the sons of the  brāhmaṇa  were brought back. Therefore Krṣṇa promised him, "I will bring back the  brāhmaṇa 's sons. Do not try to commit suicide."
If Lord Krṣṇa were going to see Lord Viṣṇu only to reclaim the sons of the  brāhmaṇa , then He would not have waited until the ninth son was taken. But when the ninth son was taken away by Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu and Arjuna was therefore ready to enter the fire because his promise was going to prove false, that serious situation made Lord Krṣṇa decide to go with Arjuna to see Mahā-Viṣṇu. It is said that Arjuna is an empowered incarnation of Nara-Nārāyaṇa. He is even sometimes called Nara-Nārāyaṇa. The Nara-Nārāyaṇa incarnation is also one of Lord Viṣṇu's plenary expansions. Therefore, when Krṣṇa and Arjuna went to see Lord Viṣṇu, it is to be understood that Arjuna visited in His Nara-Nārāyaṇa capacity, just as