Getting To Know God
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none the less remains God, the Supreme and Original Person. Whatever form it manifests, that of a baby, a child, a teenager, or an adult, krishna, God, the Supreme Person always retains his unlimited and absolute omnipotence.

Lord Krishna appears.

The advent and acts of Krishna, God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead are all absolute, and the one who truly grasps its nature immediately gets into the spiritual realm. We can not compare the advent of the Lord with the birth of an ordinary being, forced to accept a material body according to his past actions. the Apparition of the Lord is commanded by his good pleasure.

In all directions, east and west, as well as south and north, everywhere, there was an atmosphere of peace and prosperity. In the sky, we saw favorable stars, and on Earth, in all the towns and villages, in the pastures and in the minds of everyone, signs of good fortune appeared. The rivers flowed a lot and the lakes were decorated with beautiful lotus flowers. The forests were full of wonderful birds and peacocks. And all these singers of the woods began to modulate their sweetest gestures; the peacocks, with their companions, opened the dance. A pleasant breeze spread the scent of various flowers, and everything in contact with the body gave a pleasant sensation. The sages, who used to sacrifice in the fire, found again that their dwelling was at best suited to such offerings. Indeed, the sacrificial fire had almost been banished from the house of holy beings, because of the persecution of demonic kings. From now on he could resume his place in peace. The forbidden offering of sacrifices, the sadness, in their minds, their intelligence, and their deeds, had eaten away the holy spiritual masters; but just before the appearance of Krishna, when they heard in the sky the deep spiritual vibrations that heralded the coming of God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, their mind was again filled with joy.

The inhabitants of the planets Gandharvas and Kinnaras began to sing, and the Siddhaloka beings and the Caranas, in their own planets, began to offer their prayers to God, the Supreme Person. And on the Edenic planets, the angels and their companions, to which the Apsaras had joined, began to dance.

Filled, the great sages and celestial beings threw rains of flowers. On the beaches one could hear the lapping of gentle waves, and in the sky above the water the thunder rang pleasantly among the clouds. When all things were thus in harmony, Sri Visnu, who dwells in the hearts of all beings, appeared in the darkness of the night, in the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He appeared before Devaki, who then took on the appearance of a goddess.

The astronomical treatise named Khamanikya details the order of the constellations as Sri Krishna appears. It is confirmed that the child born in these propitious moments was none other than the Supreme Being, the Absolute Truth. Vasudeva sees before him the marvelous child: He has four hands, which hold respectively the conch, the mass, the disk and the lotus flower; the sign of srivatsa Decorates it; He is

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