Therefore, let us heed Lord Krishna and never again associate with unbelieving materialists. Let us follow his sublime counsel and live according to his teachings.

The Servant of the Lord

Addressing the prophet Isaiah, Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, the Eternal Sovereign, speaks of his servant and reveals him to us.

Here is my servant, in whom I take delight, my chosen one, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit in him.

He will bring justice to the nations; he will not cry out or raise his voice, nor make it heard in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.

He will bring forth righteousness in faithfulness.

He will not lose heart, nor will he turn away, until he has established justice (right) on the earth, and the islands put their hope in his law.

Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its produce, who gives breath to its people and life to those who walk on it.

I, the Lord, have called you in salvation, and I take hold of your hand. I protect you and appoint you to make a covenant with the people, to be a light to the nations, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and those who sit in darkness from the dungeon.

I am the Lord; that is my name.

I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to idols.

Lord Krishna, addressing his faithful devotees, said to them: Deaf, listen (to my word); blind, look and see (to my teaching).

Who is blind but my servant, and deaf like my messenger whom I send?

Who is blind like the friend of God, blind like the servant of the Lord?