Faithfulness, Glory, and Beaut A om aslaret allowet thm act, tut, Recoumnd, dimnhhehescas and noleshowerec
from the sky.
Most of the demigods and other higher beings led by Brahmā could not see Lord Kṛṣṇa as He entered His abode, since He did not reveal His movements. Just as ordinary men cannot ascertain the path of a lightning bolt as it leaves a cloud, the demigods could not trace out the movements of Lord Kṛṣṇa as He returned to His abode. A few of the demigods, however—notably Lord Brahmā and Lord Sivacould ascertain how the Lord's mystic power was working, and thus they became astonished. All the demigods praised the Lord's mystic power and then returned to their own planets.
The Supreme Lord's appearance and disappearance, which resemble those of embodied condi- tioned souls, are actually a show enacted by His illusory energy, just like the performance of an actor. After creating this universe, He enters into it, plays within it for some time, leaves it, and at last winds it up. Then the Lord remains situated in His own transcendental glory, having ceased from the functions of cosmic manifestation.
Although Lord Kṛṣṇa, being the possessor of infinite powers, is the only cause of the creation, maintenance, and destruction of innumerable living beings, He simply did not desire to keep His body in this world any longer. Thus He revealed the destination of those fixed in the self and demonstrated that this mortal world is of no intrinsic value.