​How does Krishna decide when to protect and when to not protect?

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of Krishna. Thank you How does Krishna decide when to protect, when not to protect? Krishnadevaraya was protected from Lord Krishna but the Devatas were persecuted, Narayana was persecuted yes, how the lord decides we have to ask the lord only broadly what we understand is that Krishna has a plan, Krishna is the relisher of everyone in the Mahabharata after Abhimanyu dies at that time Yudhishthira is devastated and he is devastated not just because his nephew has died but because he feels I am responsible, Chakravyuh was made to have him captured and he told him Abhimanyu go to Chakravyuh and I will, we will follow you and we will break it from within and then Apajayada stopped them when Abhimanyu was killed, Yudhishthira was devastated at that time Yashadev comes and there is a long passage where Yashadev consoles Yudhishthira and then he says as a part of the confusion he says the inscrutable will of the lord is surely for the good of all living beings if you follow his will you will understand this in due course so even an exalted devotee like Yudhishthira pure devotee, he may not understand why such a thing happens which is the inscrutable will of the lord, lord’s will is inscrutable the inscrutable will of the lord is surely for the good of all living beings but if you follow that will then you will understand it in due course so in bhakti there is the principle of faith which is very important we can’t know for sure how Krishna is going to do, we know in principle Krishna will do things for our ultimate but in the immediate or the intermediate phase what is going to happen we don’t know now this not knowing we can see that as a cause of insecurity, oh I don’t know what is going to happen in my life or we can see it as a call for adventure yes I don’t know what is going to happen in my life but Krishna has got, Krishna will eventually work things out so let me do what I can, let me do my part let me try to absorb myself in Krishna that it’s up to us to choose now when Prabhupada so many things went wrong in his life, in fact let me say most of his life in the time when he met his spiritual master he tried so many things to preach most of the things were going wrong wrong wrong but he kept doing and then eventually Krishna made things work out right, it’s such a glorious so we we don’t know and we can’t know why Krishna will react in particular to this, well that is where our faith comes into picture based on what we have heard in scripture, based on what we know about Krishna based on whatever spiritual experiences we have had we focus on this principle that Krishna is my valuation and eventually he will work out things for me, so let me do what I can in my present situation let me try to serve Krishna in whatever situation I am in there are two questions, the question why and the question how once we start asking the question why why did this happen, why did this happen the why question has no answer the why question is just a recipe for perplexity and insecurity but how how can I serve in this situation, what can I do now how should I respond in this situation how should I act in a way that is easy to Guru and Krishna so the why question is disempowering the how question is empowering the why question for many people there are no answers in it how should I act now yes there are actually, whatever be the situation we are in we can always serve, we may not be able to serve in specific forms but we can always serve specific forms of service may not be possible in specific material circumstances but the principle of service service can always be implemented we can always hear, we can always chant, we can always remember some service we can keep brief that’s why rather than worrying about worrying about why Krishna responds in particular, why Krishna does certain things or why things happen in our life in particular, we can focus on how can I respond best in this situation that will keep us grounded in service and that will be actually empowering us to move onwards in our life