When Lord Sri Krsna was personally present in the mortal world in His eternal, blissful form of Shyamasundara, those who were not pure devotees of the Lord could not recognize Him or know His glories."Avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam (Bg. 9.11): He is always bewildering to the nondevotees, but He is always seen by the devotees by dint of their pure devotional service to Him."
"When Satrajit was visiting the city of Dvaraka, the citizens felt great pride to think that although Krsna was living in Dvaraka like an ordinary human being, the demigods were coming to see Him. Thus they informed Lord Krsna that the sun-god, with his appealing bodily effulgence, was coming to see Him. The citizens of Dvaraka confirmed that the sun-god's coming into Dvaraka was not very wonderful, because people all over the universe who were searching after the Supreme Personality of Godhead knew that He had appeared in the family of the Yadu dynasty and was living in Dvaraka as one of the members of that family. Thus the citizens expressed their joy on this occasion. On hearing the statement of His citizens, the all-pervasive Personality of Godhead, Krsna, simply smiled. Being pleased with the citizens of Dvaraka, Krsna informed them that the person whom they described as the sun-god was actually King Satrajit, who had come to visit Dvaraka City to show his opulence in the form of the valuable jewel obtained from the sun-god." - ACBSP KB c.56
This is perfect example of how mundane self interest gets in the way of ones spiritual vision. In a earlier article titled "Panch Mukha Hanuman" I mentioned that we should always be on guard because Anything at Anytime could happen to us and we could find ourselves in a very forgetful state of existence. On the other side of the coin we can say that Anything at Anytime could happen to us that may invoke our love and desire to render Divine Service. In that case we should take advantage of the situation. The above example however shows clearly how King Satrajit is not only himself in illusion but by his association he bewilders others. Arijit Das
