Krsna's supreme opulence

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>From Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.19.5:

 

"O my Lord, because You are endowed with causeless mercy, all

opulences, all prowess and all glories, strength and transcendental

qualities, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of

everyone."

 

PURPORT

"In this verse the words tato 'si bhagavan prabhuh mean 'Therefore

You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of everyone.' The

Supreme Personality of Godhead is endowed with all six opulences in full,

and moreover He is extremely kind to His devotee. Although He is full in

Himself, He nonetheless wants all the living entities to surrender unto

Him so that they may engage in His service. Thus He becomes satisfied.

Although He is full in Himself, He nonetheless becomes pleased when His

devotee offers Him patra puspa phalam toyam--a leaf, flower, fruit or

water--in devotion. Sometimes the Lord, as the child of mother Yasoda,

requests His devotee for some food, as if He were very hungry. Sometimes

He tells His devotee in a dream that His temple and His garden are now very

old and that He cannot enjoy them very nicely. Thus He requests the devotee

to repair them. Sometimes He is buried in the earth, and as if unable to come

out Himself, He requests His devotee to rescue Him. Sometimes He requests

His devotee to preach His glories all over the world, although He alone is

quite competent to perform this task. Even though the Supreme Personality

of Godhead is endowed with all possessions and is self-sufficient, He

depends on His devotees. Therefore the relationship of the Lord with His

devotees is extremely confidential. Only the devotee can perceive how the

Lord, although full in Himself, depends on His devotee for some particular

work. This is explained in Bhagavad-gita (11.33), where the Lord tells

Arjuna, nimitta-matra bhava savyasacin: 'O Arjuna, merely be an instrument

in the fight.' Lord Krsna had the competence to win the Battle of Kuruksetra,

but nonetheless He induced His devotee Arjuna to fight and become the cause

of victory. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was quite competent enough to spread

His name and mission all over the world, but still He depended upon His

devotee to do this work. Considering all these points, the most important

aspect of the Supreme Lords self-sufficiency is that He depends on His

devotees. This is called His causeless mercy. The devotee who has

perceived this causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by

realization can understand the master and the servant."