Question: It is known that If one comes forward one step, Krishna comes forward ten steps. But in BG 4.11 Krishna says: “As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly.” How should we understand that contradiction?
Answer by Romapada Swami: In BG 4.11 Krishna is referring to the qualitative aspect of surrender, not the quantitative. He reciprocates according to the mood with which one approaches Him. One devotee may want Krishna as supreme master, another as his personal friend, another as his son, and still another as his lover. Krishna rewards all the devotees equally, according to their different intensities of love for Him. The “10-to-1” figures simply informs us that Krishna is *SO* loving, that our tiniest gesture of love is reciprocated from His side so many times beyond ours. This quality of Krishna is universal, extended to all who surrender to Him, regardless of their position on the path of devotion, or their particular rasa even.
