When you realize that my Divine goal is to attain Krishna (the Supreme Divine Personality), then why would I worship celestial gods? It’s not that we’re disrespecting celestial gods, but Krishna, you see, Ved Vyas Ji writes in the Bhagwatam (sacred scripture of Krishna devotion),
यथा तरोर्मूलनिषेचनेन तृप्यन्ति तत्स्कन्धभुजोपशाखा: ।
Yathā taror mūla-niṣhechanen tṛipyanti tat-skandha-bhujopaśhākhāḥ.- Bhagwatam 4.31.14
He says that if there’s a big tree and you take water and just pour it on the root, the whole tree will get the water. The trunk, the bark, the branches, the twigs, the leaves, the fruit, the flowers - everything will get the water if you just pour it on the root. But if you take the same water and sprinkle it on all the leaves, neglecting to pour it on the root, the tree’s going to dry up and die.
Similarly, if you just worship Shree Krishna directly, all the other celestial gods, even other forms of God, they’re all satisfied and happy because He’s the root. He’s Adi Purush (the original Supreme Person). So we shouldn’t have the idea,
“Oh, if I don’t worship celestial gods, I’ll be disrespecting them or they’ll be unhappy,” something like that.
Their boss is Krishna. They’re happy if you’re worshiping the boss, okay? Just do bhakti (devotion) to Shree Krishna. All the celestial gods, all the material powers, they’re all happy. All the Divine powers are happy, let alone material powers. This is ananyata. It means exclusive devotion to only one. Keep in mind that the Divine forms of God are not many. They’re one, but appearing in many forms. You should never get confused thinking there are many gods. There’s only one God, but that one God appears in many forms.
Then Shree Krishna reveals a very important philosophy about His grace. He says, first of all:
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रिय: |
Samo ’haṁ sarvabhūteṣhu na me dveṣhyo ’sti na priyaḥ.- Gita 9.29
In the first line of the shlok (sacred verse) He says,
“I am samadarshi (one who sees everyone equally),” which means, “I look upon all the same. I don’t favor anyone, nor do I oppose anyone. I don’t love anyone or hate anyone. I’m just neutral. I’m the same towards everybody.”
