Who is Krishna's most dear devotee

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Who is Krishna's Most Dear Devotee

11 April 2025

In Chapter 18, Text 69 of the Bhagavad-gita Lord Sri Krishna tells Arjuna regarding those who preach on His behalf: "There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear." This is really amazing. How can one devotee can be the most dear of all His unlimited millions and billions of devotees throughout the material and spiritual worlds? Only one devotee could have this extraordinarily unique number one position. But yet Krishna bestows this special status on anyone who preaches on His behalf.

Someone may wonder, "How is this possible? It seems contradictory." The resolution for this apparent conflict is quite simple. It is easy to understand how this is possible by Krishna's inconceivable potency. We simply have to consider Krishna's pastimes with His 16,108 queens in Dvaraka. After spending the night as 16108 Krishnas with His 16108 queens in 16108 palaces He would become one Krishna and enter the Sudharma assembly house to engage in royal duties. Then in the evening He would again become 16,108 Krishnas to enjoy pastimes with each of His 16,108 queens. Each queen was treated as if she was the only queen. She experienced herself as being the only queen, that she had Krishna totally for herself, that she did not have to share Krishna with any of the other queens.

In this connection we can understand that when we fully give ourselves to Krishna He fully gives Himself to us. When we are fully under Krishna's control He becomes fully under our control. We see this in the example of Mother Yasoda. She ordered baby Krishna to take to Nanda Maharaja his big, heavy wooden sandals and Krishna struggled to comply with her order.

From this we can easily understand that any person who dedicates himself fully for pushing forward this Krishna consciousness movement becomes the most dear of all Krishna's devotees. Each of these such devotees is the most special of all of Krishna's devotees.

So let us cash in on this mercy of being especially recognized by Krishna by following Lord Caitanya's order by telling everyone we meet about the teachings of Krishna.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Transcendental Correspondence

Dandavat pranam Maharaj ji,
Hare Krishna!

I hope this message finds you in good health and spirit. I am Sarthak, and I had the privilege of meeting you at ISKCON Dwarka, Vilnius, on Saturday, 5th April. During our meeting, you kindly shared your email address with me for any doubts I might have.

I would be truly grateful if you could provide some guidance when you have the time.
I deeply appreciate your time and support.
Thank you for your blessings, Maharaj ji. I look forward to your kind response.

Dandavat pranam,
Sarthak Kumar

Answer

From: Tallinn, Estonia

My Dear Sarthak,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Guidance in general is to chant at least 16 rounds japa mala daily and strictly avoid iliict sex, meat eating, intoxication, and gambling.

Specific guidance means that you ask questions and I will answer them as Lord Sri Krishna states in the Bhagavad-gita 4.34:

tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ

"Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.”

So now you need to inquire.

I hope this meets you in the best of health
and in a cheerful mood.

Your ever well-wisher,

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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