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Shri Datta Swami

Posted on: 08 Jul 2021

               

How can the Supreme God put 3rd step on King Bali's head, who is already under His control?

[Smt. KVS Lavanya asked: Namaskāraṃ Swāmi, while hearing Bhagavad Gītā Pravachan I didn't understand one point. 🙏 please clarify my doubt Swāmi.

*In the incarnation of Vamana, the Supreme God kept His first leg and occupied earth completely

*King Bali was also a part on the earth who was now under Vamana after 1st step

Here is my doubt: Then how can the Supreme God put 3rd step on King Bali 's head who is under His control in the first step. The step should be other than earth, universe... Please forgive me if l couldn't put it and understand properly the concept 🙏]

Swāmi Replied:- When Kṛṣṇa showed the entire creation in His mouth to Yaśoda, the whole village (in which Kṛṣṇa is showing the creation to Yaśoda in His mouth) existed in the mouth of Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, when Kṛṣṇa showed the entire cosmos in Him to Arjuna in the war, the entire place of war including Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna existed in the cosmic vision showed by Kṛṣṇa. Please help Me in understanding these two situations so that I can answer your question. This is the reason why we call the absolute God as unimaginable God with unimaginable power called Māyā. The Gītā says that God or Maheśvara is the possessor of the power called Māyā (Māyinantu Maheśvaram…). Māyā is defined as the power that makes any impossibility as possible (Aghaṭanaghaṭanā paṭīyasī Māyā…). Your question came from your brain accustomed to the worldly logic and this answer is from the brain of God Datta, who is beyond worldly logic (Na methayā…, Naiṣā tarkeṇa…, Atarkyaḥ… - Veda). Kṛṣṇa also said in the Gītā that nobody can understand Him (Māṃ tu Veda na kaścana… - Gītā). Śrī Satya Sai stretched one hair on His head and told a scientist to cut it with the help of a scissor and the scientist failed even if he tried with big garden cutting scissor. Then Śrī Satya Sai told “You can’t understand the power of even My hair, what can you understand about Me?”

 
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