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surrender to the Lord. In order to engage in material
life thinking oneself the controller and enjoyer, one
must forget about Lord Krishna as the Supreme
Personality of Godhead so that he can attempt to
act as the competitor of the Lord. The second type
of forgetfulness is imposed on intimate devotees
of the Lord to facilitate His intimate pastimes. For
example, Arjuna was put into ignorance so that
Krishna could explain the Bhagavad-Gita to him for
the benefit of future generations. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada writes, “Being an associate of
Lord Krishna, Arjuna was above all ignorance, but
Arjuna was put into ignorance on the Battlefield of
Kurukṣetra just to question Lord Krishna about the
problems of life so that the Lord could explain them
for the benefit of future generations of human beings
and chalk out the plan of life. Then man could act
accordingly and perfect the mission of human life.”
Introduction of Bhagavad Gita.

Lord Srinivasa marries Padmavati

Srinivasa continued to explain to His mother about
the history of Padmavati. He revealed that Padmavati
was Vedavati who appeared in Kali yuga to gain the
Lord as her husband. On understanding this, Bakula
devi went to Kapileshwar where there was a temple

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