144 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

because they are worshipable even by the great demigods, kings and em-
perors. I cannot understand how you could have selected this cowherd
boy, Krsna, and have left aside all these other great personalities. I think
Krsna to be no better than a crow—how can He be fit to accept the first
worship in this great sacrifice?

“We cannot even ascertain as yet to which caste this Krsna belongs or
what His actual occupational duty is.” Actually, Krsna does not belong to
any caste, nor does He have to perform any occupational duty. It is stated
in the Vedas that the Supreme Lord has nothing to do as His prescribed
duty. Whatever has to be done on His behalf is executed by His different
energies.

Sigupala continued: “Krsna does not belong to a high family. He is so
independent that no one knows His principles of religious life. It appears
that He is outside the jurisdiction of all religious principles. He always acts
independently, not caring for the Vedic injunctions and regulative prin-
ciples. Therefore He is devoid of all good qualities.” Sigupala indirectly
praised Krsna by saying that He is not within the jurisdiction of Vedic
injunction. This is true because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
That He has no qualities means that Krsna has no material qualities, and
because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He acts independently,
not caring for conventions or social or religious principles.

Sisupala continued: “Under these circumstances, how can He be fit to
accept the first worship in the sacrifice? Krsna is so foolish that He has left
Mathura, which is inhabited by highly elevated persons following the Vedic
culture, and He has taken shelter in the ocean, where there is not even talk
of the Vedas. Instead of living openly, He has constructed a fort within the
water and is living in an atmosphere where there is no discussion of Vedic
knowledge. And whenever He comes out of the fort, He simply harrasses
the citizens like a dacoit, thief or rogue.”

Sisupala went crazy because of Krsna’s being elected the supreme
first-worshiped person in that meeting, and he spoke so irresponsibly that
it appeared that he had lost all his good fortune. Being overcast with
misofrutne, Sigupala continued to insult Krsna further, and Lord Krsna
patiently heard him without protest. Just as a lion does not care when a
flock of jackals howl, Lord Krsna remained silent and unprovoked. Krsna
did not reply to even a single accusation made by Sigupala, but all the
members present in the meeting, except a few who agreed with Sigupila,
became very agitated because it is the duty of any respectable person not
to tolerate blasphemy against God or His devotee. Some of them, who
thought that they could not properly take action against Sigupila, left the
assembly in protest, covering their ears with their hands in order not to
