Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.31.13
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
Although Lord Kṛṣṇa descended to this world to save the fallen souls, He did not want to encourage people in the future to loiter here unnecessarily. In other words, as soon as possible one should perfect one’s Kṛṣṇa consciousness and go back home, back to Godhead. If Lord Kṛṣṇa had remained longer on the earth, He would have unnecessarily increased the prestige of the material world.
As stated by Śrī Uddhava in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.2.11) , ādāyāntar adhād yas tu sva-bimbaṁ loka-locanam: “Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who manifested His eternal form before the vision of all on the earth, performed His disappearance by removing His form from the sight of those who are unable to see Him [as He is] due to not executing the required penance.” Uddhava also states in the Bhāgavatam (3.2.10) :
devasya māyayā spṛṣṭā ye cānyad-asad-āśritāḥ bhrāmyate dhīr na tad-vākyair ātmany uptātmano harau
“Under no circumstances can the words of persons bewildered by the illusory energy of the Lord deviate the intelligence of those who are completely surrendered souls.” One who follows the Vaiṣṇava authorities in his attempt to understand Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental disappearance easily appreciates that the Lord is the omnipotent Personality of Godhead and that His spiritual body is identical with His eternal spiritual potency.
- What does it mean that this departure was His chosen revelation of the yogīs' destination?
- Does my own conduct align with that destination?
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