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renounced order, no woman could even come near Him to offer
obeisances; rather, they would offer obeisances from a distant place.
Nonetheless, Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ramyd kacid updsana vraja-
vadhu-vargena ya kalpita: ‘“There is no conception of worship better than
that which was conceived by the damsels of Vrndavana.’’ What was their
conception? They wanted to love Krsna, at any risk. And this is never
immoral.

That which is in relationship to Krsna can never be immoral. To give
another example, Lord Krsna in His incarnation as Nrsirnhadeva killed
Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada Maharaja, while Prahlada Maharaja
stood nearby without protesting. Now, is this moral? Who would like to
see his own father being killed? Who would just stand there and not pro-
test? No one would approve of such behavior and say that it is moral.
Nonetheless, this actually happened. Not only that, but Prahlada
Maharaja even made a garland to place upon the neck of the killer. ‘‘My
dear Lord Killer,’ he said, ‘‘please take this garland. You have killed my
father, and You are very good.” This must be understood spiritually. If
one’s father is being attacked and one cannot protect him, one must pro-
test and cry for help. But because Prahlada Maharaja’s father was killed
by Krsna in the form of Lord Nrsirmhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja prepared
a garland for the killer. After his father was killed, Prahlada said to
Nrsirnhadeva, ‘‘My dear Lord, now that my father has been killed,
everyone is happy. Now please withdraw Your angry mood.”’

A sadhu, a saintly person, never approves of killing, not even the kill-
ing of an animal, but Prahlada Maharaja said, modeta sadhur api vrscika-
sarpa-hatya: ‘‘Even a saintly person is pleased when a scorpion or a snake
is killed.”’ A scorpion or a snake is also a living entity, and a sddhu is
never Satisfied when he sees another living entity killed, but Prahlada
Mahéraja said, ‘‘Even a sddhu is pleased when a snake or a Scorpion is
killed. My father was just like a snake or a scorpion, and therefore now
that he has been killed, everyone is happy.’’ Hiranyakasipu was a very
dangerous demon who gave trouble to devotees, and when such a demon
is killed even saintly persons are satisfied, although ordinarily they never
want anyone killed. Therefore, although it may appear that Lord Krsna or
Prahlada Maharaja acted immorally, in fact they acted in accord with the
highest morality.

Krsna is akificana-vitta, the only solace for one who has lost everything
material. In the Caitanya-caritamrta, Lord Krsna says, ‘‘If someone
wants Me but at the same time wants material prosperity, he is a fool.””
Krsna is so kind that if one wants material prosperity but at the same time
