It’s indicated in the Vedas that Lord Krishna’s first expansion, Lord Balarama, has expanded into many. We are one of the many . Balarama desires to render services to Krishna lovingly and naturally, we should have heard the truth of Krishna from Balarama , but we didn’t or couldn’t for many reasons . Sri Guru is the representative of Balarama, he comes to remind us , chastise us and encourage us to make the sensible choice , let your free will bring you to the blissful loving service of the Supreme Autocrat Sri Krishna .Something we were told before but forgot..

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada..

“Prabhupāda: Will is given to you. Living being means there is will—thinking, feeling and willing. Don’t question if you do not know. Everything comes from God. What is the use of “Where will comes?” Janmādya asya yataḥ. Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvam… [Bg. 10.8]. Everything is coming from Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa has got will; you have got will. Why do you ask? This is foolishness. Kṛṣṇa has got His independence; you have got independence. You are a small Kṛṣṇa. A particle of gold is also gold. Everything is there. All chemical composition is there. It has come from Kṛṣṇa. Why you are asking wherefrom it comes?

Jñāna: All living beings are independent, but some choose to serve and some choose to disbelieve. Is that choice…

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is use of independence. Otherwise what is the meaning of independence? The meaning of independence is, “If I like, I can do. If I do not like, I do not do.” That is independence. That means independence. If you are stereotyped, forced to do, that is not independence. Independence means if you like, you can do it, if not—you don’t like—don’t do it. That is independence. So misused independence means ignorance. He does not know that “If I infect this virus of this disease I’ll suffer.” But he does not know, ignorance. So he infects and he suffers.”

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