11. The Touch
Of Superior Energy

manye tvam kalam isanam
anadi-nidhanam vibhum

samam carantam sarvatra
bhiutanadm yan mithah kalih

My Lord, I consider Your Lordship to
be eternal time, the supreme controller,
without beginning and end, the all-
pervasive one. In distributing Your
mercy, You are equal toeveryone. The
dissensions between living beings are
due to social intercourse.

—Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.28

Kuntidevi knew that Krsna was neither her nephew nor an ordinary
family member of her paternal house. She knew perfectly well that Krsna
is the primeval Lord who lives in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul,
Paramatma. Another name of the Paramatma feature of the Lord is kala,
or eternal time. Eternal time is the witness of all our actions, good and
bad, and thus resultant reactions are destined by Him. It is no use saying
that we do not know why we are suffering. We may forget the misdeed for
which we may suffer at this present moment, but we must remember that
Paramatma is our constant companion and therefore He knows every-
thing—past, present, and future. And because the Paramatma feature of

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