The Selfish Near God

There are people who, although they have the fortune of being close to God, are completely selfish. They want to steal Krsna, keep Him close, and make Him their servant. Akrura is the leader of all such persons. Akrura wanted Krsna to come and liberate himself, his friends, and his family from the oppression of Kamsa. He thought, “Why is Krsna passing his days happily in the home of Nanda and Yasoda? Why does he not come and help us, who are in great danger and distress?”
There are varied forms of selfishness, but none of them are good. Wishing for nothing but Krsna’s happiness is real bhajana. True love is not just faithful love but loveful love. Pure love does not over take, it overpowers. Krsna is controlled by pure love. The Vrajavasis are so sweet and their love is so pure. Krsna is always eager for that sweetness. When Krsna came as Mahaprabhu, He constantly glorified the Vrajavasis, the Vraja-devis, and especially Srimati Radharani and the supremacy of their love.
If Krsna were to never leave Vrndavana, His bhaktas elsewhere would say, “Oh, He only likes His own enjoyment.” And if Krsna were to return to Vrndavana from Mathura, others would tease and insult Him, saying, “Aha! He can’t live without those married young cowherd girls!”
How unfortunate it is that there are people in this world that find fault in even Krsna and the gopis. There are no impurities in Vraja. There are no politics there. This fault-finding nature is possessed by those who are very proud. Such people destroy themselves by their insults to Bhagavan and His devotees. Therefore, Krsna had to be careful and make a serious decision. Krsna thought, “If I don’t go to Mathura, Kamsa will attack the Vrajavasis with his whole army, now strengthened by his alliance with Jarasandha, Kalayavana and others. I will have to go.”
 
Even as Akrura was offering many prayers, Krsna withdrew His form that He revealed to Akrura within the waters of the Yamuna. When Akrura immerged Krsna asked him with a smile on His face, “Dear Akrura you were in the water for a long time. What did you do there? Did you see something that interested you?”
[Quote from a text and PDF file of recently compiled lectures titled, "The Life of the Vrajavasis' Departs" available on patreon.com/bhaktabandhav. When speaking on the chapters of the Bhagavatam where Krsna leaves Vrndavan, Prabhuji became ill for some days. This regularly happens whenever he speaks on the pastimes of Krsna and the Vrajavasis’ separation. The following text is from that hari-katha spoken in July, 2017.]