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overwhelmed, Karhsa, his hair scattered on his head, at once ap-
proached the place where the child had been born.
PURPORT

The word kdlah is significant. Although the child was born to kill
Kamnsa, Karhsa thought that this was the proper time to kill the child so
that he himself would be saved. Kala is actually another name of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead when He appears only for the purpose
of killing. When Arjuna inquired from Krsna in His universal form,
“Who are You?” the Lord presented Himself as kala, death personified
to kill. By nature’s law, when there is an unwanted increase in popula-
tion, kdla appears, and by some arrangement of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, people are killed wholesale in different ways, by war,
pestilence, famine and so on. At that time, even atheistic political leaders
go to a church, mosque or temple for protection by God or gods and sub-
missively say, “God willing.” Before that, they pay no attention to God,
not caring to know God or His will, but when kala appears, they say,
“God willing.” Death is but another feature of the supreme kala, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the time of death, the atheist must
submit to this supreme kala, and then the Supreme Personality of God-
head takes away all his possessions (mrtyuh sarva-haras caham) and
forces him to accept another body (tatha dehdntara-praptih). This the
atheists do not know, and if they do know, they neglect it so that they
may go on with their normal life. The Krsna consciousness movement is
trying to teach them that although for a few years one may act as a great
protector or great watchman, with the appearance of kala, death, one
must take another body by the laws of nature. Not knowing this, they
unnecessarily waste their time in their occupation as watchdogs and do
not try to get the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is
clearly said, aprdpya mam nivartante mrtyu-samsara-vartmani: without
Krsna consciousness, one is condemned to continue wandering in birth
and death, not knowing what will happen in one’s next birth.

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