Question: We come to Kṛṣṇa out of love and sometimes out of grief and sorrow. I heard that Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, once said to the Lord that He can do as He pleases, whether push him away or embrace him. My question is, if we go with sorrow to Kṛṣṇa, will He embrace me or push me away as He likes? How to understand the mood of the Lord?

Jayapataka Swami: The point was that Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura expressed his surrender to Kṛṣṇa,that Kṛṣṇa could do whatever He wants. That won’t affect Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s position, that he is a servitor of Lord Kṛṣṇa. But you seem to be giving some kind of...

Question: Devotional service is always pure and transcendental, but Lord Kapiladeva says to His glorious mother Devahūti, about devotional service in goodness, passion and ignorance. How can it mix with material or material mix with devotional service?

Jayapataka Swami: Devotional service is offered for the pleasure of Kṛṣṇa, that is transcendental. If someone offers devotional service because they want to get vengeance against someone, that is in the mode of ignorance, and if they do devotional service because they...