Techniques of Hearing and Memorizing
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While he was thinking like this, in Vaikunṭha Lord Nārāyaṇa, seated with the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, began to smile humorously. On seeing this smiling of the Lord, all the goddesses of fortune who were attending the Lord became very curious and asked Lord Nārāyaṇa why He was smiling. The Lord, however, did not reply to their inquisitiveness, but instead immediately sent for the  brāhmaṇa . An airplane sent from Vaikunṭha immediately brought the  brāhmaṇa  into Lord Nārāyaṇa's presence. When the  brāhmaṇa  was thus present before the Lord and the goddesses of fortune, the Lord explained the whole story. The  brāhmaṇa  was then fortunate enough to get an eternal place in Vaikunṭha in the association of the Lord and His Lakṣmīs. This shows how the Lord is all-pervading, in spite of His being locally situated in His abode. Although the Lord was present in Vaikunṭha, He was present also in the heart of the  brāhmaṇa  when he was meditating on the worshiping process. Thus, we can understand that things offered by the devotees even in meditation are accepted by the Lord, and they help one achieve the desired result.