195 The Nectar of Devotion

signifies our struggle for existence and our meeting with defeat, ex-
haustion, bondage, fearfulness and, at last, death. Apavarga means
that which can nullify all of these material conditions. Krsna is said
to be the giver of apavarga, the path of liberation.

For the impersonalist and the enemies of Krsna, liberation means
to merge into the supreme. The demons and the impersonalists do
not care for Krsna, but Krsna is so kind that He gives this liberation
even to His enemies and to the impersonalists. There is the following
statement in this connection: “O Murari [Krsna]! How wonderful
it is that although the demons, who were always envious of the demi-
gods, have failed to penetrate Your military phalanx, they have
penetrated the region of mitra, the sun globe.” The word mitra is
used metaphorically. Mitra means the sun globe, and mitra also
means friend. The demons who opposed Krsna as enemies wanted to
penetrate His military phalanx; but instead of doing this, they died in
battle, and the result was that they penetrated the planet of Mitra, or
the sun planet. In other words, they entered into the Brahman efful-
gence. The example of the sun planet is given here because the sun is
ever-illuminating, like the spiritual sky, where there are innumerable
illuminating Vaikuntha planets. The enemies of Krsna were killed,
and instead of penetrating Krsna’s phalanx, they entered into the
friendly atmosphere of the spiritual effulgence. That is the mercy of
Krsna, and therefore He is known as the deliverer of His enemies also.
60. The Attractor of Liberated Souls

There are many examples of how Krsna attracted even great lib-
erated souls like Sukadeva Gosvami and the Kumaras. In this connec-
tion the following statement was given by the Kumaras: ““How won-
derful it is that although we are completely liberated, free from desire
and situated at the stage of paramahamsa, we are still aspiring to
taste the pastimes of Radha and Krsna.

61. Performer of Wonderful Activities
In the Brhad-Vamana Purana, the Lord says, “Although I have
