Q84. If Krishna is God then why didn’t He destroy the other side?

Lord Krishna is God and He could have instantly killed all the soldiers of the other side with just one glance, but He didn’t do this, because He doesn’t interfere with our free will, which is given by Him. Otherwise there is no point in human existence. Being human means, we have free will, which we can use properly or misuse. Based on the actions taken by Arjuna and his opponent Duryodhana, they will have to face the reactions to their actions, which in this case resulted in war. Lord Krishna approached Duryodhana and asked him to settle the land dispute peacefully, but he refused and declared war. Lord Krishna offered to help both sides, one side can

choose His army and the other side can choose Him as an adviser. This is free will, which we all have. Duryodhana chose the army of Lord Krishna because he thought by having more men, he could win the war. Arjuna was very eager for Lord Krishna Himself as an adviser, he thought to have God is better than everything else. Lord Krishna was God, but He was playing the role of a Prince and thus He had an army. All Princes had armies in ancient times. Arjuna knew that Krishna was God even before hearing the Bhagavad-Gita. Only a few people knew that Lord Krishna was God, even though Lord Krishna very clearly proved that He was the greatest person. Even today, out of the 7 billion people in the World, less than 1 billion may have heard about the greatness of Lord Krishna, and only a few hundred million know for sure that Lord Krishna is the one and only God. We can select the President or the Prime Minister of a country, but God Himself selects those who can know Him, very few, as God is not so cheap. “Out of thousands of persons, one will strive for spiritual self-realization, and among the strivers, someone may know Me. (Lord Krishna, BhagavadGita 7.3)