How Visnu took the troubled demigods to Goloka to beg Krsna to appear

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In ancient times the earth, overcome with a burden of many daityas, d€navas,

and human kings, assumed the form of a cow and, helplessly crying,

trembling, and describing her troubles, took shelter of the demigod Brahm€.

 

Brahm€ comforted her and then, accompanied by ®iva and the demigods, went to

Lord Hari's palace in VaikuŠ˜ha.

 

Brahm€ bowed down before four-armed Lord ViŠu and explained why he had

come. Then He who is the husband of the goddess of fortune spoke to Brahm€

and the troubled demigods.

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord ViŠu said: Without KŠa, who is

the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of countless universes,

perfect, above the demigods, and the enjoyer of transcendental pastimes,

this problem will not be solved. You should go to His eternal and effulgent

abode at once.

 

®r… Brahm€ said: I do not know anyone greater and more perfect than You. If

there is such a person, please show Him to us, O Lord.

 

®r… N€rada said: When this was said, perfect Lord Hari showed all the

demigods a spiritual river path flowing through the hole ®r… V€mana made in

the universe with His toenail.

 

Going by boat on this path, the demigods left the universe. They saw the

universe was like a round ku˜aja fruit far below.

 

When the saw the other universes were like many ku˜aja fruits bobbing in the

water (of the K€raŠa Ocean), they all became frightened and surprised.

 

>From Garga Samhita

(Translation by H.G. Kusakratha Prabhu)

 

[Comment: The pastime continues and ultimately they reached Goloka where

they saw Sri Sri Radha Krsna and begged Them to appear in the universe where

eternal Lord Pnigarbha descended, the universe broken by Lord Trivikrama's

toenail and where the four-headed Brahma resides. So ultimately

Ksirodakasayi Visnu could not help them but only Krsna, the original SPOG

could. So Krsna has not come from Ksirodakasayi as many people think.]