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One day, Narada took the form of a Brahman and
while Padmavati was sitting in the garden, he asked
to see her palms. He saw beautiful lotus flowers on
both palms. Narada was ecstatic and tears flowed
from his eyes, “I understand who you are, you don’t
know but I know, You are the Goddess of Fortune,
who has incarnated on this earth and Lord Vishnu
will soon be your husband.” By the arrangement
of the Lord, Padmavati forgot the prediction of
Narada. This forgetfulness is not due to ignorance.
The Lord purposefully imposes forgetfulness on
his pure devotees so that they can engage in close
relationships with Him so that He may enjoy His
pastimes with them without inhibiting formalities.
Krishna says, “I am seated in everyone’s heart,
and from Me come remembrance, knowledge
and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be
known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedānta, and
I am the knower of the Vedas.” (Bg 15.15) There
are two types of forgetfulness. One is imposed on
materialistic persons so that they can exercise their
limited free will to choose between serving Krishna
in this material world or serving their own selfish
desires by which they get trapped in the cycle of
birth and death. If they understand the infinite
opulence of Lord Krishna, they would be forced to

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