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hena ’visaya’ haite krsna uddharila toma’

kahana na yaya krsna-

krpara mahima"

SYNONYMS

hena visaya—such a fallen condition of material enjoyment; haite—from; krsna—Lord Krsna; uddharila toma’-has delivered you; kahana na yaya—cannot be described; krsna-krpara—of the mercy of Lord Krsna; mahima—the glories “By His own free will, Lord Krsna has delivered you from such a condemned materialistic life.

Therefore the glories of Lord Krsna’s causeless mercy cannot be expressed.”

PURPORT

in the Brahma-samhita (5.54) it is said, karmani nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bha-jam.

Lord Krsna is so merciful that He can stop the reaction of karma for His devotee.

Everyone-from a small insect called indra-gopa up to Indra, the King of heaven-is bound by the reactions of fruitive activities yas tv indra-gopam athavendram aho sva-karma-

bandhanurupa-phala-bhajanam atanoti

karmani nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhajam

govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami Everyone, whether like an insect or the King of heaven, is entangled and bound by the actions and reactions of his karma However, when one becomes a pure devotee, free from material desires and from bondage to karma, jnana and yoga, one is freed from material actions and reactions by the causeless mercy of Krsna.

One cannot express sufficient gratitude to Krsna for being freed from the materialistic way of life.