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There is no sorrow, no infirmity no death, no pain, no anxiety
in Brahma Loka. But those who go there are, out of their compas-
sion, afflicted by the endless miseries of those that do not know the
path. II 2 XXVII.

Then they pass through the seven Avaranas or covers of the
Universe and, having the Vehicle of Mula Prakriti only, become full
of Bliss and, when that U pad hi is destroyed, they obtain absolute bliss
and do not return again. This is the attainment of the state. II. 2.
XXVIII to XXXI.

"Those who go to Brahma Loka pass through three different
paths.

(1) Those, who come with great merits acquired in life, get
posts of duty according to their merits in the next Kalpa (i. e. they
become Prajapatis, Lokapalas. Indras and so on.)

(2) Those who go to Brahma Loka merely by force of their
Upasanck of Hiranya-Garbha become liberated, when Brahma be-
comes liberated at the end of his life ('extending over two Pararddhas.)

(3) Those that worship Bhagavat pierce the Brahmanda at
will, and rise to the abode of Vishnu. The Slokas XXVIII to XXXI
refer to the piercing of Brahmanda by the Bhagavatas." Sridhara.

The worshippers of Sri Krishna attain the last state. The de-
ferred path of Liberation is the path of all Bhaktas. It is the path of
compassion, of service. The Bhaktas spurn all sorts of Mukti, even if
they be offered to them. They become servants of the Lord in the
preservation of the Universe.

In the Dvaraka Lila, we shall find Sri Krishna, as the greatest
Avatara of the Kalpa, carrying out His work of Preservation.

The Purana does not speak of the Nara aspect of Sri Krishna
as manifested in Arjuna. That is the subject matter of the Maha-
bharata. The study of the one is complementary to the study of the
other, as the study of the Bhagavat is complementary to the study
of the Gita. In one, we see the Evolution of Man, in the other we
see the work of Bhagavat. We see in both together the whole of
our Lord Sri Krishna.

THE WIVES.

As Lord of the Universe, Sri Krishna became wedded to the
eightfold energies of Prakriti, His eight principal wives, so that he
might influence, through them, individuals formed by these divisions of
Prakritis. These energies are:

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