The Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna appeared in the
family of Yadu, and since then the Yadu dynasty has been
luminous like the moon in autumn. The appearance and dis-
appearance of the Lord are similar to the appearance and dis-
appearance of the sun. The sun is first seen on the eastern
horizon, but that does not mean that the sun is the sun of that
side. The sun is fixed in its own orbit, and it neither rises nor sets.
But because we first see it on the eastern horizon we may say
that the sun rises on that side. Similarly, the appearance of
Godhead in some particular family does not mean that He is
limited by obligations to that family. He is fully independent and
may appear and disappear anywhere and everywhere, because
He is all-pervading.

Less intelligent persons cannot accommodate the appearance
and disappearance of the Lord as an incarnation, but there is no
sound reasoning to support such unbelievers. If God is all-
pervading, like the power of electricity, He can manifest Himself
at any place within His creation. When He is within we cannot’see
Him, but when He is without He is seen by everyone, although
very few know Him as He is. Everyone sees the sun every day,
but that does not mean that everyone knows what the sun actually
is. Similarly, when Lord Sri Krsna was present five thousand years
ago, very few could know what He was.

Anyone who comes to know Him as He is becomes liberated at
once, and while leaving this present body such a knower goes

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