them: pusti, energy of the food, sri, the energy of the beauty, kirti, the energy of the reputation, and aja, the energy of the material creation. These are the energies of the rulers of this world, Brahma, Siva and Visnu, and the kings of the Edenic planets, Indra, Candra, Varuna, and the celestial being of the Sun. In short, all these celestial beings, invested by the Lord with certain energies, devote themselves to the service of absolute love offered to God, the Supreme Person. The form of Maha-Visnu emanates from the Body of Krishna and Maha-Visnu is an emanation of a full emanation of Krishna. All these emanations are identical to God, the Supreme Person, but since Krishna had appeared in this world to manifest his entertainment as a human being, He immediately offered with Arjuna the tribute of his respect to Maha-Visnu by prostrating before Him. If Lord Krishna offered his homage to Maha-Visnu, it means that He does so for the sole reason that Maha-Visnu and Himself are one and the same person. This attitude of Krishna before Maha-Visnu, however, does not correspond to the act of worship which is sometimes recommended to those who strive to reach the spiritual world through the sacrifice of knowledge. Krishna did not need to offer his homage, but as Supreme Preceptor, he taught Arjuna the respectful attitude that should be adopted before Maha-Visnu. Arjuna, however, was terrified at the sight of these gigantic forms, inconceivable from a material point of view. Seeing Krishna offer his homage to Maha-Visnu, he imitated it immediately and then stood before the Lord, hands clasped. Then, the gigantic Maha-Visnu, greatly satisfied, said to them with a smile:

"Dear Krishna, dear Arjuna, I wanted to see you both intensely, and that's why I designed the kidnapping of newborns, which I keep here. I was expecting to see you together in this palace. You have appeared in the material galaxy as the manifestations of My Person in order to crush the power of the demonic beings that overwhelm the world. Now, after killing all those undesirable beings, I beg you to come back to Me. You are both manifestations of the great sage Nara-Narayana. You both find your fullness in yourself and yet, in order to protect the devotees, to annihilate the demonic beings, and above all to establish in the world the principles of spirituality for the maintenance of peace and tranquility, you teach the principles on which true spirituality is based, so that humanity can walk in your footsteps and thus know peace and prosperity".

Together, Krishna and Arjuna offered their homage to Maha-Visnu, then returned to Dvaraka by the same path they had traveled to the spiritual world. Arjuna was still amazed at his journey into the spiritual world, an odyssey he owed to Krishna's mercy. Always with this same mercy, he could understand that all perfection within the material galaxy represents only an emanation of his Person, and that any glorious position that can be assumed in the world, is due only to his only mercy. So let us always be aware of Krishna, fully grateful to the Lord, that we have anything, for all is only his mercy.

This wonderful adventure of Arjuna, offered by Krishna's grace, is one of the countless amusements revealed by Sri Krishna during his stay in our material galaxy.