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| FILE INFO | | Caption | "Fearing that Sri Krishna might be tired from lifting Govardhana Hill, Indra secretly came into His presence, offered obeisances and praised Him. Indra stated that although Sri Krishna is never caught in the current of material illusion, which is born of ignorance, He nevertheless accepts a humanlike body and performs various activities to establish religious principles and chastise the wicked. By this means He crushes the false prestige of those who presume themselves great controllers. Indra went on to declare that Krishna is the father, guru and Lord of all living entities, and that in the form of time He is the agent of their punishment.
Satisfied with Indra's prayers, Sri Krishna told him that He had stopped the indra-yajna so that Indra, puffed up as he was with false pride, would remember the Lord. Persons intoxicated by material opulence never see Him standing before them with the rod of punishment in His hand. Therefore if Lord Krishna desires the actual good fortune of some person, He brings him down from his position of opulence. Lord Krishna ordered Indra to return to his proper position in heaven and to serve there without egoism. Indra, along with the cow Surabhi, then performed a bathing ceremony for Krishna, using the water of the heavenly Ganges and the milk of mother Surabhi. Indra and the cow took this opportunity to bestow upon the Lord the name Govinda, and the demigods showered flowers and recited various prayers."
-Intro from Chapter 27 of Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 10
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