There are two classes of transcendentaliststhe jnanis and the bhaktas. The bhaktas do not aspire to merge into the existence of the Lord, but the jnanis do. Sisupala, however, was neither a jnani nor a bhakta, yet simply by envy of the Lord he attained an exalted position by merging into the Lords body. Certainly this was astonishing, and therefore Maharaja Yudhisthira inquired about the cause for the Lords mysterious mercy to Sisupala.