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of bad luck; we are always in an auspicious position because of Your grace.
But because You have bestowed a special favor on us, people should not
mistakenly think that You are partial to some and inattentive to others.
You make no such distinction. No one is Your favorite and no one is Your
enemy. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are equal to every-
one, and everyone can take advantage of Your special protection. The fact
is that although You are equal to everyone, You are especially inclined to
the devotees who always think of You. The devotees are related to You by
ties of love. As such, they cannot forget You even for a moment. You are
present in everyone’s heart, but because the devotees always remember
You, You also respond accordingly. Although the mother has affection for
all the children, she takes special care of the one who is fully dependent. I
know certainly, my dear Krsna, that being seated in everyone’s heart, You
always create auspicious situations for Your unalloyed devotees.”

Then King Yudhisthira also praised Krsna as the Supreme Personality
and universal friend of everyone, but because Krsna was taking special
care of the Pandavas, King Yudhisthira said: ‘““My dear Krsna, we do not
know what sort of pious activities we have executed in our past lives that
have made You so kind and graceful to us. We know very well that the
great mystics who are always engaged in meditation to capture You do not
find it easy to obtain such grace, nor can they draw any personal attention
from You. I cannot understand why You are so kind upon us. We are not
yogis, but, on the contrary, we are attached to material contaminations.
We are householders dealing in politics, worldly affairs. I do not know why
You are so kind upon us.”

Being requested by King Yudhisthira, Krsna agreed to stay in Hastina-
pura for four months during the rainy season. The four months of the
rainy season are called Caturmasya. During this period, the generally
itinerant preachers and brahmanas stop at a certain place and live under
rigid regulative principles. Although Lord Krsna is above all regulative
principles, He agreed to stay at Hastinapura out of affection for the
Pandavas. Taking this opportunity of Krsna’s residence in Hastinapura,
all the citizens of the town got the privilege of seeing Him now and then,
and thus they merged into transcendental bliss simply by seeing Lord
Krsna eye to eye.

One day while Krsna was staying with the Pandavas, He and Arjuna
prepared themselves to go to the forest to hunt. Both of them sat down on
the chariot, which flew a flag with a picture of Hanuman. Arjuna’s special
chariot is always marked with the picture of Hanuman, and therefore his
name is also Kapidhvaja. (Kapi means Hanuman, and dhvaja means “‘flag.’’)
