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The highest wisdom of the Kalpa was revealed and the world
resounds with all glory to Sri Krishna. The Rishis and Mahatmas
took up His work. All the religious movements and religious writings
that have followed only reproduce His teachings.
There was something however wanting in these teachings as
given in the Mahabharata the relation of Sri Krishna to His own
Bhaktas. What He did for the Universe and how He did it are fully
related in the great Epic. But what He did for those that had al-
ready given themselves up entirely to Him, who did not require the
teaching of Karma, Upasana and Jnana, who were His own people,
who knew no other Dharma than Himself, who had followed Him
through ages, and who simply took births as He appeared on this
earth, what Sri Krishna did for these Bhaktas, what His relations
were with them, are not described in the Mahabharata at all. The
lordly side is given but not the sweet side. The picture of the Lord
edifies and overawes, that of the Lover enchants and enthrals. The
Bhagavata sings what the Mahabharata left unsung. That is the
peculiar significance of the Tenth Skandha which follows, the
Skandha that maddens the hearts of all real devotees.
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