316 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Krsna, “My dear friend, kindly remain with me at least for a few days.
Enjoy with me, You and Your lotus-eyed friend. I cannot leave You
immediately. Please grant my request.”

As stated in the Vedic versions, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
has multi-potencies. According to expert opinion, Kubja represents the
purusa-Sakti potency of Krsna, just as Srimati Radharani represents His
cit-Sakti potency. Although she requested Krsna to remain with her for
some days, Krsna politely impressed upon her that it was not possible for
Him to stay. Krsna visits this material world occasionally, whereas His
connection with the spiritual world is eternal. Krsna is always present
either in the Vaikuntha planets or in the Goloka Vrndavana planet. The
technical term for His presence in the spiritual world is prakata-lila.

After satisfying Kubja with sweet words, Krsna returned to His place
along with Uddhava. There is a warning in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that
Krsna is not very easily worshiped because He is the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, the chief among the Visnu-tattvas. To worship Krsna or have
association with Him is not a very easy job. Specifically, there is a warning
for devotees who are attracted to Krsna through conjugal love; it is not
good for them to desire to have sense gratification by direct association
with Krsna. Actually, the activities of sense gratification are material. In
the spiritual world there are symptoms like kissing and embracing, but
there is no sense-gratificatory process as it exists in the material world.
This warning is specifically for those known as sahajiya, who take it for
granted that Krsna is an ordinary human being. They desire to enjoy sex
life with Him in a perverted way. In a spiritual relationship, sense gratifica-
tion is most insignificant. Anyone who desires a relationship of perverted
sense gratification with Krsna must be considered to be less intelligent.
His mentality requires to be reformed.

After a while, Krsna fulfilled His promise to visit Akrira at his house.
Akriira was in relationship with Krsna as His servitor, and Krsna wanted
to get some service from him. He went there accompanied by both
Lord Balarama and Uddhava. When Krsna, Balarama and Uddhava were
approaching the house of Akriira, Akriira came forward, embraced Ud-
dhava and offered respectful obeisances, bowing down before Lord Krsna
and Balarama. Krsna, Balarama and Uddhava offered him obeisances in
turn and were offered appropriate sitting places by Akriira. When all were
comfortably seated, Akriira washed their feet and sprinkled the water on
his head. Then he offered nice flowers and sandalwood pulp in regular
worship. All three of them became very satisfied by the behavior of Akriira.
Akriira then bowed down before Krsna, putting his head on the ground.
