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The promise of Krsna that His devotees are never vanquished had
also previously been admitted by Indra when he was defeated in the
Govardhana-lila. When Krsna stopped the villagers of Braja (Vrnda-
vana) from worshiping Indra, Indra became angry and therefore inun-
dated Vrndavana with continual rain. Krsna, however, protected all
of the citizens and animals of Vrndavana by lifting Govardhan Hill,
which served as an umbrella. After the incident was over, Indra sur-
rendered to Krsna with many prayers, in which he admitted, “By
Your lifting Govardhan Hill and protecting the citizens of Vrndavana,
You have kept Your promise that Your devotees are never to be van-
quished.”

19. Expert Judge of Time and Circumstances

Krsna was very expert in dealing with people according to circum-
stances, country, time and paraphernalia. How He could take advan-
tage of a particular time, circumstance and person is expressed by
Him while talking to Uddhava about His rasa dance with the gopis. He
says: “The most opportune time is the full moon night in autumn,
like tonight. The best place within the universe is Vrndavana, and the
most beautiful girls are the gopis. So, My dear friend Uddhava, I
think I should now take advantage of all these circumstances and en-
gage Myself in the rasa dance.”

20. Seer by the Authority of the Scriptures

A person who acts exactly according to the tenets of scripture is
called sdstra-cak sus. Sastra-caksus means one who sees through the eyes
of the authorized scriptures. Actually, any man of knowledge and ex-
perience should see everything through these books. For example,
with our naked eye we perceive the sun globe simply as some glaring
substance, but when we see through authorized books of science and
other literature, we can understand how much greater the sun globe
is than this earth and how powerful it is. So seeing things through the
naked eye is not actually seeing. Seeing things through the authorized
books or authorized teachers is the correct way to see. So, although
