Krsna is so kind that from Vaikuntha He has come here in this remote village of America — He’s so kind — just to accept your service. Don’t think that “Here is a doll.” No. Krsna. Krsna, on the request of devotee, He has come. You should always remember this, that “Here is Krsna, personally present.”

Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu… It requires only advanced sense. When He saw Jagannatha at Puri temple, He immediately fainted: “Here is My Lord.” So it is only advanced understanding. But preliminary understanding is that “Here is Krsna.” Don’t think that it is a doll. Even if you think it is doll, but Krsna has come to you in the form of doll so that you can see. Otherwise, Krsna is always present everywhere. We cannot see. Or you can handle.

Krsna is everything. So Krsna is so kind that He has come here to be seen by you, to be touched by you, to be dressed by you, to be decorated by you, to accept whatever you nicely offer with bhakti. Krsna is not hungry, or Krsna has no food at His Vaikuntha? No. He has got. He is supplying everyone food. So He has got everything. We should always remember that He has kindly come for our benefit, so let us be always cautious and very respectful and offering the nicest prasadam, prepared with great attention. In this way, if we practice, then our life becomes very successful.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.6.9 — June 25, 1976, New Vrindavan