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28 / Draupadi Meets the Queens of Krsna

There were many visitors who came to see Krsna, and among them were
the Pandavas, headed by King Yudhisthira. After talking with the gopis and
bestowing upon them the greatest benediction, Lord Krsna came to wel-
come King Yudhisthira and other relatives who had come to see Him. He
first of all inquired from them whether their situation was auspicious.
Actually, there is no question of ill fortune for anyone who sees the
lotus feet of Lord Krsna, yet when Lord Krsna, as a matter of etiquette,
inquired from King Yudhisthira about his welfare, the King became very
happy by such a reception and began to address the Lord thus: “My dear
Lord Krsna, great personalities and devotees in full Krsna consciousness
always think of Your lotus feet and remain fully satisfied by drinking the
nectar. of transcendental bliss. The nectar which they constantly drink
sometimes comes out of their mouths and is sprinkled on others as the
narration of Your transcendental activities. This nectar coming from the
mouth of a devotee is so powerful that if one is fortunate enough to have
the opportunity to drink it, he immediately becomes freed from the
continuous journey of birth and death. Our material existence is caused by
our forgetfulness of Your personality, but fortunately, the darkness of
forgetfulness is immediately dissipated if one is privileged to hear about
Your glories. Therefore, my dear Lord, where is the possibility of ill
fortune for one who is constantly engaged in hearing Your glorious
activities?

“Since we are fully surrendered unto You and have no other shelter
than Your lotus feet, we are always confident of our good fortune. My
dear Lord, You are the ocean of unlimited knowledge and transcendental
bliss. The result of the action of mental concoction is to exist in the three
temporary phases of material life—wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep. But
these conditions cannot exist in Krsna consciousness. All such reactions

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