Maya means both illusion and affection; Krishna's love transcends rules, expressing supreme reality.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk [partially recorded] — March 28, 1974, Bombay 740328MW-BOMBAY [02:26 Minutes] Walk_740328MW-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: ...incidences are so described that anyone can remember. And by remembering these incidences, he becomes liberated. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Indian man: One thing I want to know, you see, when He was Supreme God, why He created all these līlās?
Prabhupāda: What do you mean by Supreme God? Indian man: Er, He was the Lord of universe. All the...
Prabhupāda: So He cannot do that? Indian man: No, He can do it.
Prabhupāda: Then? Indian man: That is..., so He has done. But as He sent Uddhava to Vṛndāvana to know about condition of Vṛndāvana people, even He was God, He knew it, no?
Prabhupāda: No, that is affection. Indian man: Hmm?
Prabhupāda: That is affection. Just like you go to your friend, you know what he is; still you ask, "How are, you are?" Indian man: Yes.
Prabhupāda: This is natural. Indian man: Then he'll answer. Very affection Prabhupāda: Yes. Indian man: But He had also...