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Remembrance of Lord Krṣṇa
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ending. As the sunrise takes place once in twenty-four hours, similarly the pastimes of Lord Krṣṇa take place in a universe once in a daytime of Brahmā, the account of which is given in the  Bhagavad-gītā  as 4,300,000,000 solar years. But wherever the Lord is present, all His different pastimes as described in the revealed scriptures take place at regular intervals.
As at sunset the snakes become powerful, thieves are encouraged, ghosts become active, the lotus becomes disfigured and the  cakravākī  laments, so with the disappearance of Lord Krṣṇa, the atheists feel enlivened, and the devotees become sorry.
TEXT 8
दुर्भगो वत लोकोऽयं यदवो नितरामपि । ये संवसन्तो न विदुर्दरिं मीना इवोदुपम् ॥ ८ ॥
durbhago bata loko 'yam yadavo nitarām api ye saṁvasanto na vidur harim mīnā ivoḍupam
durbhagaḥ—unfortunate; bata—certainly; lokaḥ—universe; ayam—this; yadavaḥ—the Yadu dynasty; nitarām—more specifically; api—also; ye—those; saṁvasantaḥ—living together; na—did not; viduḥ—understand; harim—the Personality of Godhead; mīnāḥ—the fishes; iva uḍupam—like the moon.
TRANSLATION
This universe with all its planets is most unfortunate. And even more unfortunate are the members of the Yadu dynasty because they could not identify Lord Hari as the Personality of Godhead, any more than the fish could identify the moon.
PURPORT
Uddhava lamented for the unfortunate persons of the world who could not recognize Lord Śrī Krṣṇa in spite of seeing all His transcendental godly qualities. From the very beginning of His appearance within the prison bars of King Kaṁsa up to His  mauṣala-līlā , although He exhibited His potencies as the Personality of Godhead in the six opulences of wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, the foolish persons of the world could not understand that He was the Supreme Lord. Foolish persons might have thought Him an extraordinary historical figure because