Question: If Krishna knows everything that is going to happen, and has complete control of everything, then how is this leela fun for Him? Wouldn’t it be entertainment for Krishna only if there was some degree of suspense?
Answer by Romapada Swami :
By the agency of His own yoga-maya potency, Krishna knows everything, yet occasionally seems to not know — that is His inconceivable greatness! I will attempt to explain this enigmatic statement. The Supreme Lord has innumerable, inconceivable potencies. Everything is executed by His mere will through the agency of these multifarious energies, who are all always eager to increase His pleasure. Krishna does not have to exert Himself to even think, plan or execute every detail of what He wants to accomplish. Through His yogamaya potency, He arranges His leela, and under the influence of yogamaya, to enhance His pastimes, sometimes even Krishna forgets Himself! Thus the Supreme, Infallible, All-knowing Lord becomes momentarily ‘bewildered’ when His dear cowherd friends enter the mouth of Aghasura, or in the madness of ecstasy of love for Radha He sometimes tries to milk a bull instead of a cow. He is not just pretending, but He actually experiences these bewildered states, which is absolutely inconceivable! Krishna is the ultimate master of His own yogamaya, but He also comes under yoga-maya’s sway according to His will and thus enjoys His suspense-filled pastimes.
The contradiction you have pointed out and all other contradictions are all reconciled in the Supreme Personality.
