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Maya will slap us down!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, New Ekacakra, Slovakia, 2011)

One can never take Krishna for granted. He can never think:

"I've done so much service… so much! You know in my days, we used to go to sankirtan and we used to distribute so many books. There were so many books that one man could not lift them! So in the past we did so much service, and that's why in the present we don't have to do anything!"

It's not like that, then immediately maya is there!

'Kṛṣṇa-bahirmukha haiyā bhoga-vāñchā kare
nikaṭa-stha māyā tāre jāpatiyā dhare',

Jagadananda Pandita in 'The Prema Vivarta', says that:

"Maya is waiting nearby, and as soon as we are showing a little interest by just looking with interest in the material energy – maya is not waiting for us to fall down… she will slap us DOWN!"

So, yes maya is a great devotee of Krishna, and maybe a greater devotee than we are! We need the shelter of Krishna, again and again. Even in the spiritual world, we have to always conquer Krishna. In the spiritual world we are free from maya, but to get the mercy of Krishna we have to always conquer it again and again!

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