Everything the Lord touches or looks upon is instantly purified.

The Supreme Lord, Krishna, God, the Sovereign Person, descends into this world to fulfill three missions: to deliver His devotees and believers, to annihilate demonic disbelievers, and to restore the principles of spirituality.

In truth, because the Lord is absolute, the first two courses of action ultimately lead to the same result, even though their nature may appear different. Indeed, the Lord's killing of an evil being is as beneficial when it comes from Him as His protective acts performed on behalf of believers or His devotees.

In reality, all demonic disbelievers who fought against God, and indeed all who looked upon Him, attained the Lord's kingdom, just as His devotees do. Others, in a neutral position, harboring only a slight affection for the Lord while appreciating the beauty of His countenance, were immediately raised to the spiritual planets called Vaikunthas.

The personal abode of Lord Krishna is called Goloka Vrindavana, and the realms where His plenary emanations reside are called Vaikunthas. There, the Lord manifests His presence as Narayana.

This spiritual awakening, however, occurs in varying degrees. Those whose love for God develops to the highest level of perfection attain the planet Goloka Vrindavana in the spiritual world, while those who have rekindled this love only incidentally or through mere spiritual contact reach the Vaikuntha planets.

Fundamentally, there is no difference between Goloka Vrindavana and Vaikuntha. But on the Vaikunthas, the Lord is served in infinite opulence, whereas on Goloka Vrindavana, the service offered to Him takes the form of natural affection. This love for God is rekindled through contact with pure devotees of the Lord. Those who awaken to the love of God reach the planets of the spiritual world.

The Lord says: I appear from age to age, to deliver My devotees, to annihilate the demonic wicked, and to restore the principles of spirituality.

Nevertheless, holy beings absorbed in devotional service offered to the Lord with sublime love are rewarded hundreds and thousands of times more than demonic wicked, and are raised to the spiritual planets where they dwell in His company, for an existence of eternal bliss.

Demonic beings and impersonalists who claim that God is a formless Divine Being are granted the privilege of merging with the radiance emanating from the Lord's spiritual body, while holy beings, pure souls, are admitted to the spiritual planets.