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kind that He gave Sigupala the salvation of merging into His existence.
From this we can understand that the goal of the monist to merge
into the effulgence of the supreme is not a very difficult problem.
Persons like Sigupala who are consistently inimical to Krsna can also
get this liberation.

26. Grave

A person who does not express his mind to everyone, or whose
mental activity and plan of action are very difficult to understand, is
called grave. After Lord Sri Krsna had been offended by Brahma,
Brahma prayed to Him to be excused. But in spite of his offering nice
prayers to Krsna, Brahma could not understand whether Krsna was
satisfied or still dissatisfied. In other words, Krsna was so grave that
He did not take the prayers of Brahma very seriously. Another in-
stance of Krsna’s gravity is found in connection with His love affairs
with Radharani. Krsna was always very silent about His love affairs
with Radharani, so much so that Baladeva, Krsna’s elder brother and
constant companion, could not understand the transformations of
Krsna on account of His gravity.

27. Self-satisfied

A person who is fully satisfied in himself, without any hankering,
and who is not agitated even in the presence of serious cause for
distress, is called self-satisfied.

An example of Krsna’s self-satisfaction was exhibited when He,
Arjuna and Bhima went to challenge Jarasandha, the formidable king
of Magadha, and Krsna gave all credit to Bhima for the killing of
Jarasandha. From this we can understand that Krsna never cares at
all for fame, although no one can be more famous.

An example of His not being disturbed was shown when Sigupala
began to call Him ill names. All the kings and brahmanas assembled
at the sacrificial arena of Maharaj Yudhisthira became perturbed and
immediately wanted to satisfy Krsna by offering nice prayers. But
all these kings and brahmanas could not discover any disturbance in
Krsna’s person.
