SB 7.9.38 Krishna never forsakes us in our battle against adharma

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Thank you chanting So, here Prahlad Maharaj is continuing the glorification of the lord with historical perspective by explaining how he takes many incarnations, so first he described how the lord appeared to Brahmaji then he described how the lord appeared as Hayashir again to restore the vedic knowledge that he restored for Brahmaji and then now he described how the lord appears again and again with so many incarnations for the same purpose of bestowing knowledge upon those who have lost that knowledge so, he says the lord’s mercy is so great that he comes in various forms, not just human but other forms also in the theory of Krishidev he appears as a human being, as animals like boar and Varahadev as Sigirs, Parashuram and Narnarayan, Krishi among the Devatas he appears as Vamandev, Yashavatar among the Aquatics he appears as Purmavatar and Matsyavatar so these various forms of the lord are meant to attract everyone and thereby deliver a Lohan Vibhaveti so Vibhaveti is to protect, you appear to protect the different people Hams Chakatpati so now he is relating this back to his own situation so in some of these incarnations you kill the demons and those who are creating disturbance in the world, you kill them so that order can be restored Dharmam Mahaprabhu Shukpasi Yugaan Uttam so according to different millennia you appear and you protect, Dharmam Parsi ok, first you protect Dharma so Channa Kalam Yadava Vastri Gojasakam, this last line is important for us as Gaudiya Vaishnavas because this refers to Sheda Mahaprabhu Channa Uttar, he is saying that you appear Yugaan Uttam in different Yugas but there are times when you don’t seem to appear then there is Kalyuga, so do you appear in Kalyuga? yes, you do appear in Kalyuga but in a hidden form Channa Kalam Channa means in a hidden form that is Sheda Mahaprabhu so instead of directly manifesting himself as God, he manifests himself as an incarnation of God and as an incarnation of God sorry, as a devotee of God, he practices devotional service and inspires others also to practice devotional service so the important point of this verse is that the Lord never forsakes anyone at any time so at the start of creation he manifested then throughout creation he manifested and even in the darkness of Kalyuga when souls want to just be left alone to do whatever their mind prompts them to do when souls want no Dharma at all where also the Lord manifests out of his mercy the Channa Avatar so that those souls who have even a little drop of desire to turn towards him, they have that opportunity through the Channa Avatar so even when we find that adharmic desire to start rising in our heart and start disturbing us and we feel as if we are alone in battling those desires, we should know that we are never alone Krishna is there, Krishna is never going to forsake us actually it is we who forsake him because we are allured by these adharmic desires so sometimes Krishna manifests in a form that is directly Krishna, sometimes he may be in some other form which we are not able to recognize immediately, just like he appears in Tri-Yajna Avatar, in animal forms, in aquatic forms or in a human form so when we are battling with our Anarthas and trying to take shelter of Krishna during the Krishna Sadhana Bhakti at that time we just need to keep calling for Krishna and have faith that he will manifest in some way or the other that will enable us to transcend those problems so when we have that faith and keep seeking Krishna’s shelter without demanding that Krishna make himself manifest in a particular way but rather be open to his guidance in whichever way he chooses to manifest himself, then we will find that Krishna will unfailingly innovatively and often miraculously protect us and help us to stick to the principles of Dharma