112 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

being an expansion of Krsna, nothing can be attractive.

Whatever is attractive within the cosmic manifestation is due to Krsna.
Krsna is therefore the reservoir of all pleasure. The active principle of
everything is Krsna, and highly elevated transcendentalists see everything
in connection with Him. In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is stated that a
mahabhagavata, or highly advanced devotee, sees Krsna as the active
principle in all movable and immovable living entities. Therefore he sees
everything within this cosmic manifestation in relation to Krsna. For the
fortunate person who has taken shelter of Krsna as everything, liberation
is already there. He is no longer in the material world. This is also con-
firmed in the Bhagavad-gita. Whoever is engaged in the devotional service
of Krsna is already on the brahma-bhita or spiritual platform. The very
name Krsna suggests piety and liberation. Anyone who takes shelter of
the lotus feet of Krsna enters the boat for crossing over the ocean of
nescience. For him, this vast expansion of the material manifestation
becomes as insignificant as a hoofprint. Krsna is the center of all great
souls, and He is the shelter of the material worlds.

For one who is on the platform of Krsna consciousness, Vaikuntha, or
the spiritual world, is not far away. He does not live within the material
world where there is danger at every step. In this way, Krsna consciousness
was fully explained by Sikadeva Gosvami to Maharaja Pariksit. Sukadeva
Gosvami even recited to the king the statements and prayers of Lord
Brahma. These descriptions of Lord Krsna’s pastimes with His cowherd
boys, His eating with them on the bank of the Yamuna and Lord Brahma’s
prayers unto Him, are all transcendental subject matters. Anyone who
hears, recites or chants them surely gets all his spiritual desires fulfilled.
Thus Krsna’s childhood appearance, His sporting with Balarama in
Vrndavana, was described.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fourteenth Chapter of
Krsna, “Prayers Offered by Lord Brahma to Lord Krsna.”
