What We All Have Is Due to Krishna's Mercy

 

Everyone should acknowledge that the Supreme Lord has given him whatever opulence he has. Whatever prowess, wealth, beauty, fame, or learning we possess is nothing to be proud of because it is all “borrowed plumes.” Even when we receive Krishna’s favour in devotional service, we should know that it is due to His mercy and not our own greatness. Sometimes when a devotee displays pride, Krishna personally crushes it, as at the beginning of the rasa dance.

The gopis ….. soon began to feel very proud, thinking themselves to be the most fortunate women in the universe by being favoured by the company of Krishna. Lord Krishna, who is known as Kesava, could immediately understand their pride caused by their fortune of enjoying Him personally, and in order to show them His causeless mercy and to curb their false pride, He immediately disappeared from the scene, exhibiting His opulence of renunciation.

-      Srila Prabhupada in Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, p. 253.

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