194 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

a rascal. On hearing this questien ef Maharaja Pariksit, Sukadeva Gesvami
replied, ““My dear King, yeur questien is already answered, even befere
this incident.”

Because Pariksit Maharaja wanted te clear up the situatien, his spiritual
master answered him very intelligently, “Why are yeu again asking the
same subject matter which has already been explained te yeu? Why are
yeu se fergetful?” A spiritual master is always in the superior pesitien, se
he has the right te chastise his disciple in this way. Siikadeva Gesvami
knew that Maharaja Pariksit asked the questien net fer his ewn under-
standing, but as a warning te the future innecent pceple whe might think
ethers te be equal te Krsna.

Sukadeva Gesvami then reminded Pariksit Maharaja abeut the salvatien
ef SiSupala. Sisupala was always envieus ef Krsna, and because ef his envy
Krsna killed him. Since Krsna is the Supreme Persenality ef Gedhead,
Sigupdla gained salvatien simply by seeing Him. If an en ieus persen can
get salvatien simply by cencentrating his mind en Krsna, then what te
speak ef the gopis whe are se dear te Krsna and always thinking ef Him in
leve? There must be seme difference between the enemies and the friends.
If Krsna’s enemies ceuld get freed frem material contaminatien and
beceme ene with the Supreme, then certainly His dear friends like the
gopis are freed and with Him.

Besides that, in the Bhagavad-gita Krsna is called Hysikega. Sukadeva
Gesvami alse said that Krsna is Hrsikesa, the Superseul, whereas an
erdinary man is a cenditiened seul cevered by the material bedy. Krsna
and Krsna’s bedy are the same because He is HrsikeSa. Any persen making
a distinctien between Krsna and Krsna’s bedy is feel number ene. Krsna
is HrsikeSa and Adheksaja. These twe particular werds have been used by
Pariksit Maharaja in this instance. HrsikeSa is the Superseul,and Adheksaja
is the Supreme Persenality ef Gedhead, transcendental te the material
nature. Just te shew faver te the erdinary li ing entities, eut ef His
causeless mercy, He appears as He is. Unfertunately, feelish persens
mistake Him te be anether erdinary persen, and se they beceme eligible
te ge te hell. Sukadeva Gesvami recenfirmed that Krsna is the Supreme
Persenality ef Gedhead, imperishable, immeasurable, and free frem all
material centaminatien.

Sukadeva Gesvami centinued te inferm Maharaja Pariksit that Krsna is
net an erdinary persen. He is the Supreme Persenality of Gedhead, full ef
all spiritual qualities. He appears in this material werld eut ef His causeless

-mercy, and whenever He appears, He appears as He is witheut change. This
is alse cenfirmed in the Bhagavad-gita. There the Lerd says that He
