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Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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as the Lord, but they always seek the protection of the Lord in all circumstances, both in the material world and in the spiritual world. This dependence of the liberated soul is constitutional, just as sparks of a fire can exhibit the glow of fire along with the fire and not independently. Independently the glow of the sparks is extinguished, although the quality of fire or the glowing is there. Thus those who give up the protection of the Lord and become so-called lords themselves, out of spiritual ignorance, come back again to this material world, even after prolonged  tapasya  of the severest type. That is the verdict of all Vedic literature.
TEXT 34
मगवानपि गोविन्दो ब्रह्मण्यो मकवत्सलः । कञ्चित्पुरे सुधर्मायां सुखमास्ते सुहृद्धृतः ॥३४॥
bhagavān api govindo brahmaṇyo bhakta-vatsalaḥ kaccit pure sudharmāyām sukham āste suhṛt-vṛtaḥ
bhagavān —the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa;  api —also;  govindaḥ —one who enlivens the cows and the senses;  brahmaṇyaḥ —devoted to the devotees or the  brāhmaṇas ;  bhakta-vatsalaḥ —affectionate to the devotees;  kaccit —whether;  pure —in Dvārakā Purī;  sudharmāyām —pious assembly;  sukham —happiness;  āste —does enjoy;  suhṛt-vṛtaḥ —surrounded by friends.
TRANSLATION
Is Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives pleasure to the cows, senses and the  brāhmaṇas , who is very affectionate towards His devotees, enjoying the pious assembly at Dvārakā Purī surrounded by friends?
PURPORT
Here in this particular verse the Lord is described as  Bhagavān ,  Govinda ,  Brahmaṇya  and  Bhaktavatsala . He is  Bhagavān svayam , or the original Supreme Personality of Godhead full with all opulences, all power, all knowledge, all beauty, all fame and all renunciation. No one is equal to or greater than Him. He is Govinda because He is the pleasure of the cows and the senses. Those who have purified their senses by devotional service of the Lord can render unto Him real service and thereby derive transcen-