Krishna alone sanctions all favor; approach Him only through His authorized devotees in disciplic succession.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Anantarām Śāstrījī: [chants mantras] yasya prasādād ajño'pi sarvajñatām vrajet. śrīmat śrīla prabhupāda tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ "I offer my obeisance to my spiritual master Śrīmat Śrīla Prabhupāda by whose mercy even an ignorant becomes fully knowledgeable." [Prayer to Śrīla Prabhupāda composed by Śrī Anantarām Śāstrījī.] Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.42 [chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] ko nv atra te 'khila-guro bhagavan prayāsa uttāraṇe 'sya bhava-sambhava-lopa-hetoḥ mūḍheṣu vai mahad-anugraha ārta-bandho kiṁ tena te priya-janān anusevatāṁ naḥ [SB 7.9.42] Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: [chants synonyms; devotees respond] [05:32] Translation: "O my Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are the original spiritual master of the whole world.
Your special interest in managing the affairs of the universe is to deliver the fallen souls who are engaged in Your devotional service. You are already the friend of all suffering humanity, and I think You will show Your causeless mercy upon persons like us, who are engaged in Your service." Prabhupāda: ko nv atra te 'khila-guro bhagavan prayāsa uttāraṇe 'sya bhava-sambhava-lopa-hetoḥ mūḍheṣu vai mahad-anugraha ārta-bandho kiṁ tena te priya-janān anusevatāṁ naḥ [SB 7.9.42] So Kṛṣṇa is bhava-sambhava-lopa-hetoḥ. Everything which is going on—creation, maintenance and also annihilation—the original cause is Kṛṣṇa. When there is need of creation, the cause is Kṛṣṇa.
When there is need of maintenance, the cause is Kṛṣṇa. Everything, the cause is Kṛṣṇa. And there is annihilation—the cause is Kṛṣṇa. So sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya [Bs 5.44], although it is being done...
Sṛṣṭi means creation; sthiti means maintenance; pralaya means destruction. These things are going on in the material world. Everything is created. Just like your body, my body, it is created at a certain date.
There is history. And it will maintain, say, utmost, for fifty, sixty or hundred years. It will never be eternal. Because it is created, it cannot be eternal.
Anything created cannot be eternal. So this sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana is actually being done by Kṛṣṇa, whatever way. But because we cannot see Kṛṣṇa in the background, we see only the wonderful activities of the nature. Nature is working not independently—by the direction of Kṛṣṇa.
Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram [Bg 9.10]. Whatever is going on by the wonderful activities of nature... People are amazed by seeing the wonderful activities of nature. But behind these activities there is the direction of the Supreme Personality. Therefore Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva is addressed here, bhava-sambhava-lopa-hetoḥ. So Prahlāda Mahārāja says that "We are suffering in this way, and we are praying to You to stop this suffering.