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47 /. Krsna Pleases His Devotees

For days together, Krsna heard from Uddhava all the details of his visit
to Vrndavana, of the condition of His father and mother, and of the gopis
and the cowherd boys. Lord Krsna was fully satisfied that Uddhava was able
to solace them by his instruction and by the message delivered to them.

Lord Krsna then decided to go to the house of Kubja, the hunchback
woman who had pleased Him by offering Him sandalwood when He was
entering the city of Mathura. As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, Krsna always
tries to please His devotees, and the devotees try to please Krsna. As the
devotees always think of Krsna within their hearts, so Krsna also thinks
of His devotees within Himself. When Kubja was converted into a beauti-
ful society girl, she wanted Krsna to come to her place so that she could
try to receive and worship Him in her own way. Society girls generally try
to satisfy their clients by offering their bodies to the men to enjoy. But
this society girl, Kubja, was actually captivated by a lust to satisfy her
senses with Krsna. When Krsna desired to go to the house of Kubja, He
certainly had no desire for sense gratification. By supplying the sandal-
wood pulp to Krsna, Kubja had already satisfied His senses. On the plea of
her sense gratification, He decided to go to her house, not actually for sense
gratification, but to turn her into a pure devotee. Krsna is always served
by many thousands of goddesses of fortune; therefore He has no need to
satisfy His senses by going to a society girl. But as He is kind to everyone,
He decided to go there. It is said that the moon does not withhold its
shining from the courtyard of a crooked person. Similarly, Krsna’s tran-
scendental mercy is never denied to anyone, whether one has rendered
service unto Him through lust, anger, fear or pure love. In the Caitanya-
caritamrta it is stated that if one wants to serve Krsna and at the same time
wants to satisfy his own lusty desires, Krsna will handle it so that the
devotee forgets his lusty desire and becomes fully purified and constantly
engaged in the service of the Lord.

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