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35 / Summary Description
of Lord Krsna’s Pastimes

After returning from the spiritual kingdom, which he was able to visit
personally along with Krsna, Arjuna was very much astonished. He thought
to himself that although he was only an ordinary living entity, by the grace
of Krsna it had been possible for him to see personally the spiritual world.
Not only had he seen the spiritual world, but he had also personally seen
the original Maha-Visnu, the cause of the material creation. It is said that
Krsna never goes out of Vrndavana. Vrndavanam parityajya na padam ekam
gacchati. Krsna is supreme in Mathura, He is more supreme in Dvaraka,
and He is most supreme in Vrndavana. Krsna’s pastimes in Dvaraka are
displayed by His Vasudeva portion, yet there is no difference between the
Vasudeva portion manifested in Mathura and Dvaraka and the original
manifestation of Krsna at Vrndavana. In the beginning of this book we
have discussed that when Krsna appears, all His incarnations, plenary
portions and portions of the plenary portions come with Him. Thus some
of His different pastimes are manifested not by the original Krsna Himself
but by His different portions and plenary portions of incarnation. Arjuna
was therefore puzzled about how Krsna went to see the Karanarnavasayi
Visnu in the spiritual world. This is fully discussed in the commentaries of
Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakur.

It is understood from the speech of Maha-Visnu that He was very
anxious to see Krsna. It may be said, however, that since Maha-Visnu took
away the brahmana’s sons, He certainly must have gone to Dvaraka to do
so. Therefore, why did He not see Krsna there? A possible answer is that
Krsna cannot be seen even by the Maha-Visnu who is lying in the Causal
Ocean of the spiritual world, unless Krsna gives His permission. Thus
Maha-Visnu took away the brahmana’s sons one after another just after
their births so that Krsna would come personally to retrieve them and then
Maha-Visnu would be able to see Him there. If that is so, the next

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