Dear Swamiji and Devotees,
Nityananda ! Gauranga ! Hare Krishna !
Good questions by Jagannath Gauranga Das. I would also like to add one more question to his question. In Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, text 20 Lord Krishna said that demons never get His mercy and thus they eternally never get liberation. However Lord Nityananda and Lord Gauraanga are very kind but do they give liberation to demons because here Lord Krishna clearly says that the demons never get liberation and thus they eternally remain conditioned. Following is the concerned text and purport from Bhagavad Gita.
TRANSLATION
Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, such
persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most
abominable type of existence.
PURPORT
It is known that God is all-merciful, but here we find that God is
never merciful to the demoniac. It is clearly stated that the demoniac
people, life after life, are put into the wombs of similar demons, and,
not achieving the mercy of the Supreme Lord, they go down and down, so
that at last they achieve bodies like those of cats, dogs and hogs. It
is clearly stated that such demons have practically no chance of
receiving the mercy of God at any stage of later life. In the Vedas
also it is stated that such persons gradually sink to become dogs and
hogs. It may be then argued in this connection that God should not be
advertised as all-merciful if He is not merciful to such demons. In
answer to this question, in the Vedanta-sutra we find that the Supreme
Lord has no hatred for anyone. The placing of the asuras, the demons,
in the lowest status of life is simply another feature of His mercy.
Sometimes the asuras are killed by the Supreme Lord, but this killing
is also good for them, for in Vedic literature we find that anyone who
is killed by the Supreme Lord becomes liberated. There are instances in
history of many asuras--Ravana, Kamsa, Hiranyakasipu--to whom the Lord
appeared in various incarnations just to kill them. Therefore God's
mercy is shown to the asuras if they are fortunate enough to be killed
by Him.
Sincerely,
Mihir.
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