Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §31 · English §32
Source[३१] तथा, सुरेष्व् ऋषिष्व् ईश तथैव [भ्प् १०.१४.२] इत्यादि । स्पष्टम् ॥ ॥ १०.१४ ॥ ब्रह्मा तम् ॥ ३१ ॥
[31] tathā, sureṣv ṛṣiṣv īśa tathaiva [BhP 10.14.2] ityādi | spaṣṭam || || 10.14 || brahmā tam || 31 ||
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English witness · section(s) 32
Anuccheda 32
This is confirmed in following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8,15) spoken by Gargacarya to Nanda Maharaj: "For this son of yours (Krsna) there are many forms and names according to His transcendental qualities and activities. These are known to me , but people in general do not undersand them."
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §32 · English §33
Source[३२] तथा, बहूनि सन्ति नामानि रूपाणि च सुतस्य ते [भ्प् १०.८.१५] इत्य् आदि । स्पष्टम् ॥ ॥ १०.८ ॥ गर्गः श्री-व्रजेश्वरम् ॥ ३२ ॥
[32] tathā, bahūni santi nāmāni rūpāṇi ca sutasya te [BhP 10.8.15] ity ādi | spaṣṭam || || 10.8 || gargaḥ śrī-vrajeśvaram || 32 ||
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English witness · section(s) 33
Anuccheda 33
TEXT 1
This is also confimed in the following verse spoken by Nalakuvara and Manigriva to Lord Krsna (Srimad Bhagavatam10.10.34): "Appearing in bodies like those of an ordinary fish , tortoise and hog , You exhibit activities impossible for such creatures to perform : extraodinary , incomparable , transcendental activities of unlimited power and strength . These bodies of Yours, therefore ,are not made of material elements , but are incarnations of Your Supreme Personality."* This statement explains that the forms of Lord Krsna are always spiritual.
TEXT 2 This is confimed in the following verse spoken by Brahma to Lord Krsna (Srimad Bhagavatam3.9.3): "O my Lord ,I do not see a form superior to Your present form of eternal bliss and knowledge."*
Inthe verse beginning "yasyavatarah" (Srimad Bhagavatam10.10.34) we should not interpret the word "asaririnah" to mean "formless". The actual meaning is that because the Supreme Lord does not manifest an external material body different from Himself,He is therefore called "asaririnah". This has already been explained in the second (Bhagavat sandarbha). Someone may argue that the word "asaririnah" should be interpreted as "formless" because that is the direct maning of the word. To this objection I reply : Because this interpretation ("formless") is contradicated in many Vedic literatures, and the Supreme Lord is affirmed to posses an eternal transcendental form ,therefore the primary meaning (formless) should be rejectd ,and the secondary meaning of the word ("without an eternal material body") should be accepted.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §33 · English §34
Source[३३] एवं, यस्यावतारा ज्ञायन्ते शरीरेष्व् अशरीरिणः [भ्प् १०.१०.३४] इत्य् आदि । शरीरेष्व् अशरीरिण इत्य् अपि ज्ञाने हेतु-गर्भ-विशेषणम् । शरीरिषु मध्येऽप्य् अवतीर्णस्य यतः सतः स्वयम् अशरीरिणः । नातः परं परम यद् भवतः स्वरूपम् [भ्प् ३.९.३] इत्य् आदि द्वितीय-सन्दर्भोदाहरण- प्रघट्टक-दृष्ट्या जीववद् देह-देहि-पार्थक्याभावेन मुख्यमत्वार्थाभावात् । ॥ १०.१० ॥ यमलार्जुनौ श्री-भगवन्तम् ॥ ३३ ॥
[33] evaṃ, yasyāvatārā jñāyante śarīreṣv aśarīriṇaḥ [BhP 10.10.34] ity ādi | śarīreṣv aśarīriṇa ity api jñāne hetu-garbha-viśeṣaṇam | śarīriṣu madhye'py avatīrṇasya yataḥ sataḥ svayam aśarīriṇaḥ | nātaḥ paraṃ parama yad bhavataḥ svarūpam [BhP 3.9.3] ity ādi dvitīya-sandarbhodāharaṇa- praghaṭṭaka-dṛṣṭyā jīvavad deha-dehi-pārthakyābhāvena mukhyamatvārthābhāvāt | || 10.10 || yamalārjunau śrī-bhagavantam || 33 ||
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English witness · section(s) 34
Anuccheda 34
This is confirmed in the following verse (Srimad Bhagavatam10.58.37)spoken by King Nagnajit to Lord Krsna: "O Lord who accepts the form of the various pastime-incarnations in order to proect the principles of religion, O Lord, the dust of whose lotus feet is reverentially placed by Laxmi, Brahma, Siva, and all the demigods upon their heads,O Supreme Personality of Godhead, what may I do to please You?"
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §34 · English §35
Source[३४] अपरं च - यत्-पाद-पङ्कज-रजः शिरसा बिभर्ति श्रीर् अब्ज-जः स-गिरिशः सह लोक-पालैः लीला-तनुः स्व-कृत-सेतु-परीप्सया यः काले ऽदधत् स भगवान् मम केन तुष्येत् ॥ [भ्प् १०.५८.३७] ॥ स्पष्टम् ॥ १०.५८ ॥ नग्नजिच् छ्री-भगवन्तम् ॥ ३४ ॥
[34] aparaṃ ca - yat-pāda-paṅkaja-rajaḥ śirasā bibharti śrīr abja-jaḥ sa-giriśaḥ saha loka-pālaiḥ līlā-tanuḥ sva-kṛta-setu-parīpsayā yaḥ kāle 'dadhat sa bhagavān mama kena tuṣyet || [BhP 10.58.37] || spaṣṭam || 10.58 || nagnajic chrī-bhagavantam || 34 ||
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English witness · section(s) 35
Anuccheda 35
TEXT 1 This is also confirmed in the Srimad Bhagavatam (10.87.46), where Narada Muni offers the following prayer: "I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, the all-knowing Original Personality of Godhead who ,in order to liberate the conditioned souls, accepts the auspicious forms of his many incarnations."
Sridhara Swami explains in his commentary on this verse: "Speaking to Narayana Rsi, Narada glorified the appearence of lord Krsna by speaking this verse, which confirms the truth of the statement "ete camsa-kalah pumsah krsnas tu bhagavan svayam". In this way, at the end of the Prayers of the Personified Vedas, Narada Muni affirmed that Lord Krsna is th Orignal Personality of Godhead , the source of all incarnations.
TEXT2
Because Lord Krsna grants liberation even to the enemies killed by Him, He is unique among all the forms of the Personality of Godhead . This is confirmed by the following statement spoken by the Personified Vedas and repeated by Narada Muni in Srimad Bhagavatam (10.87.23): "By pacticing the mystic yoga system and controlling their breath, the great sages conquered the mind and senses. Thus engaging in mystic yoga, they saw the Supersoul within their hearts and ultimately entered into the impersonal Brahman. However , even the enemies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead attain that position simply by thinking of the Supreme Lord .
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §35 · English §36–37
Source[३५] परं च - नमस् तस्मै भगवते कृष्णायाकुण्ठ-मेधसे । यो धत्ते सर्व-भूतानाम् अभवायोशतीः कलाः ॥ [भ्प् १०.८७.४६] टीका च - नम इति श्री-कृष्णावतारतया नारायणं स्तौति । एते चांश-कलाः पुंसः कृष्णस् तु भगवान् स्वयम् इत्य् उक्तेर् इत्य् एषा । अतएव तच्- छ्रवणानन्तरं तस्मा एव नमस्कारात् श्रुति-स्तुताव् अपि श्री-कृष्ण एव स्तुत्य इत्य् आयातम् । तथैव श्रुतिभिर् अपि निभृत-मरुन्-मनोऽक्ष [भ्प् १०.८७.२३] इत्य्- आदि-पद्ये निजारि-मोक्ष-प्रदत्वाद्य्-असाधारण-लिङ्गेन स एव व्यञ्जितः । स्पष्टम् । ॥ १०.८७ ॥ श्री-नारदः ॥ ३५ ॥
[35] paraṃ ca - namas tasmai bhagavate kṛṣṇāyākuṇṭha-medhase | yo dhatte sarva-bhūtānām abhavāyośatīḥ kalāḥ || [BhP 10.87.46] ṭīkā ca - nama iti śrī-kṛṣṇāvatāratayā nārāyaṇaṃ stauti | ete cāṃśa-kalāḥ puṃsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam ity ukter ity eṣā | ataeva tac- chravaṇānantaraṃ tasmā eva namaskārāt śruti-stutāv api śrī-kṛṣṇa eva stutya ity āyātam | tathaiva śrutibhir api nibhṛta-marun-mano'kṣa [BhP 10.87.23] ity- ādi-padye nijāri-mokṣa-pradatvādy-asādhāraṇa-liṅgena sa eva vyañjitaḥ | spaṣṭam | || 10.87 || śrī-nāradaḥ || 35 ||
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English witness · section(s) 36–37
Anuccheda 36
TEXT1
That Lord Krsna is the source of all the guna-avataras (Visnu, who controls the mode of goodness, Brahma who controls the mode of passion , and Siva controls the mode of ignorance) is confirmed in the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (11.29.7):
"When the great pure devotee Uddhava had asked this question , Lord Krsna , who accepts the guna-avataras (Visnu, Brahma,and Siva), who controls the universe with various potencies just as a child controls a toy , and who is the supreme controller of all the demigods , smiled in a charming and affectionate way and replied to his devotee's question in the following words."**
TEXT2 In this connection we may note the following statement spoken by Brahma to Lord Krsna(Srimad Bhagavatam10.14.19): "O Lord Krsna , persons who are unaware of Your inconceivable energy cannot understand that You alone expand Yourself as the creator Brahma , maintainer Visnu , and annihilator Siva. Persons who are not in awareness of things as they are contemplate that I , Brahma, am the creator , Visnu is the maintainer , and Lord Siva is the annihilator . Actually You are alone everything : creator ,maintainer and annihilator.
Anucchda 37
TEXT1 That Lord Krsna is the origin of the purusavataras, who are the creators of the material universes , is confirmed in the following prayer spoken by Bhismadeva to Lord Krsna (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.9.32):
"Let me now invest my thinking , feeling and willing , which were so long engaged in different subjects and occupational duties , in the all powerful Lord Sri Krsna. He is always self- satisfied, being the leader of the devotees, He enjoys transcendental pleasure by decending on the material world is created."*
The following explanation of the verse is found in Sridhara Svami's commentary: "In this verse Bhismadeva prays for attraction to Lord Krsna, which he considers the supreme goal of life , and aside from which there is nothing worth praising .Bhisma also describes the transcendental opulences of the Lord by using th words sva-sukham upagate (full of all transcendental bliss).Bhimsa says kvacid vihartum prakrtim upeyusi (The Lord sometimes descends to this material sphere to display his transcendental pastimes). The Lord appears in this world and again disappears from it according to his own disire . He is completely independent ,and He is not forced to enter the material sphere, as the conditioned souls are . Indeed ,Lord Krsna is actually the creator of the cosmic manifestation (yad-bhava-pravahah).
TEXT 3
This is also confirmed in the following prayer spoken by the demigods and recorded in Srimad Bhagavatam (11.6.16)
"O Lord Krsna, You are the orgin of the purusa-incarnations who is like the father who impregnates the womb of material nature ."
This verse is explained by Sridhara Swami in the following way:
"In this verse the word tvattah means the purusa-avatara is manifested from You , and the word viryam means potency . Samadhigatya means having attained and yaya means by the material creative potency maya. In this way the Lord manifests the material cration (mahantam dhatte). To what may this material world be compared ? It may be compared to asya garbham iva (like a womb impregnated by the Suprema Lord).
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §36 · English §38
Source[३६] तथा गुणावतार-कर्तृत्वम् आह - इत्य् उद्धवेनात्य्-अनुरक्त-चेतसा पृष्टो जगत्-क्रीडनकः स्व-शक्तिभिः । गृहीत-मूर्ति-त्रय ईश्वरेश्वरो जगाद स-प्रेम-मनोहर-स्मितः ॥ [भ्प् ११.२९.७] स्पष्टम् । अत्र अजानतां त्वत्-पदवीम् [भ्प् १०.१४.२९] इत्य् उदाहृतं वचनम् अप्य् अनुसन्धेयम् ॥ ॥ ११.२९ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ३६ ॥
[36] tathā guṇāvatāra-kartṛtvam āha - ity uddhavenāty-anurakta-cetasā pṛṣṭo jagat-krīḍanakaḥ sva-śaktibhiḥ | gṛhīta-mūrti-traya īśvareśvaro jagāda sa-prema-manohara-smitaḥ || [BhP 11.29.7] spaṣṭam | atra ajānatāṃ tvat-padavīm [BhP 10.14.29] ity udāhṛtaṃ vacanam apy anusandheyam || || 11.29 || śrī-śukaḥ || 36 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 38
Anuccheda 38
Sukadev Goswami clearly explains that Lord Krsna is the Supreme Original Personality of Godhead in the Srimad Bhagavatam (11.29.49) where he says :
"I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, the Original form of the Personality of Godhead ."
From this it may be observed that Krsna is the most important name of the Lord, and His two armed form as Krsna is the most important form . This eternal supreme status of Lord Krsna is revealed in this verse where Sukadeva Goswami offers his respects to the Lord.This is also confirmed by Sridhara Svami, the foremost commentator on Srimad Bhagavatam in the following words : "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the supremly blissful Original Personality of Godhead , who is known as the son of Maharaj Nanda."
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §37 · English §39
Source[३७] अथ पुरुषावतार-कर्तृत्वम् आह - इति मतिर् उपकल्पिता वितृष्णा भगवति सात्वत-पुङ्गवे विभूम्नि । स्व-सुखम् उपगते क्वचिद् विहर्तुं प्रकृतिम् उपेयुषि यद्-भव-प्रवाहः ॥ [भ्प् १.९.३२] टीका च - परम-फल-रूपां श्री-कृष्ण-रतिं प्रार्थयितुं प्रथमं स्व- कृतम् अर्पयति इतीति । विगतो भूमा यस्मात् तस्मिन् । यम् अपेक्ष्यान्यस्य महत्त्वं नास्तीत्य् अर्थः । तद् एव पारमैश्वर्यम् आह स्व-सुखं स्वरूप- भूतं परमानन्दम् उपगते प्राप्तवत्य् एव । क्वचित् कदाचिद् विहर्तुं क्रीडितुं प्रकृतिम् उपेयुषि स्वीकृतवति, न तु स्वरूप-तिरोधानेन जीववत् पारतन्त्र्यम् इत्य् अर्थः । विहर्तुम् इत्य् उक्तं प्रपञ्चयति यद् यतो भव- प्रवाहः सृष्टि-परम्परा भवति इत्य् एषा ॥ [ब् रेअद्स् हेरे: एवम् एव तं प्रत्युक्तं देवैर् अप्य् एकादशे -- तत्त्वः पुमान् समधिगम्य ययास्य वीर्यं धत्ते महान्तम् इव गर्भम् अमोघ-वीर्यः [भ्प् ११.६.१६] इति । टीका च - तत्त्वः पुरुषो वीर्यं शक्तिं समधिगम्य प्राप्य यया मायया सह महान्तं धत्ते । कम् इव ? अस्य विश्वस्य गर्भम् इव इत्य् एषा ॥[ब् एन्द्स्.] ॥ १.९ ॥ भीष्मः श्री-भगवन्तम् ॥ ३७ ॥
[37] atha puruṣāvatāra-kartṛtvam āha - iti matir upakalpitā vitṛṣṇā bhagavati sātvata-puṅgave vibhūmni | sva-sukham upagate kvacid vihartuṃ prakṛtim upeyuṣi yad-bhava-pravāhaḥ || [BhP 1.9.32] ṭīkā ca - parama-phala-rūpāṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa-ratiṃ prārthayituṃ prathamaṃ sva- kṛtam arpayati itīti | vigato bhūmā yasmāt tasmin | yam apekṣyānyasya mahattvaṃ nāstīty arthaḥ | tad eva pāramaiśvaryam āha sva-sukhaṃ svarūpa- bhūtaṃ paramānandam upagate prāptavaty eva | kvacit kadācid vihartuṃ krīḍituṃ prakṛtim upeyuṣi svīkṛtavati, na tu svarūpa-tirodhānena jīvavat pāratantryam ity arthaḥ | vihartum ity uktaṃ prapañcayati yad yato bhava- pravāhaḥ sṛṣṭi-paramparā bhavati ity eṣā || [B reads here: evam eva taṃ pratyuktaṃ devair apy ekādaśe -- tattvaḥ pumān samadhigamya yayāsya vīryaṃ dhatte mahāntam iva garbham amogha-vīryaḥ [BhP 11.6.16] iti | ṭīkā ca - tattvaḥ puruṣo vīryaṃ śaktiṃ samadhigamya prāpya yayā māyayā saha mahāntaṃ dhatte | kam iva ? asya viśvasya garbham iva ity eṣā ||[B ends.] || 1.9 || bhīṣmaḥ śrī-bhagavantam || 37 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 39
Anuccheda 39
TEXT 1
In this way Sridhara Swami has confirmed the statement of Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto one chapter three) that Sri Krsna is the Original Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 2
That Sri Krsna is the Original Personality of Godhead is also confirmed in the following verse of Srimad Bhagavatam (10.72.15)
"When Sri Krsna, the Original Personality of Godhead, heard from King Yudhisthira that the enemy Jarasandha was almost impossible to defeat, Lord Krsna proposed the following plan, which had already been suggested by Uddhava."
Sridhara Swami explains in his commentary that the word "adyah" (Original Personality of Godhead) clearly refers to Lord Krsna.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §38 · English §40
Source[३८] (पगे १८) अतएव भव-भयम् अपहर्तुं [भ्प् ११.२९.४९] इत्य् आदौ तस्यादि-पुरुषत्वं श्रेष्ठत्वम् अप्य् आह - पुरुषम् ऋषभम् आद्यं कृष्ण-संज्ञं नतोऽस्मि इति । कृष्णेति संज्ञां यस्येति मूर्त्य्-अन्तरं निषिध्यते । तन्-मूर्तेर् नमस्क्रियमाणत्वेन च नित्य-सिद्धत्वं दर्श्यते । अत्रैव टीकाकृद्भिर् अपि - तं वन्दे परमानन्दं नन्द-नन्दन-रूपिणम् इत्य् उक्तम् ॥ ॥ ११.२९ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ३८ ॥
[38] (page 18) ataeva bhava-bhayam apahartuṃ [BhP 11.29.49] ity ādau tasyādi-puruṣatvaṃ śreṣṭhatvam apy āha - puruṣam ṛṣabham ādyaṃ kṛṣṇa-saṃjñaṃ nato'smi iti | kṛṣṇeti saṃjñāṃ yasyeti mūrty-antaraṃ niṣidhyate | tan-mūrter namaskriyamāṇatvena ca nitya-siddhatvaṃ darśyate | atraiva ṭīkākṛdbhir api - taṃ vande paramānandaṃ nanda-nandana-rūpiṇam ity uktam || || 11.29 || śrī-śukaḥ || 38 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 40
Anuccheda 40
TEXT 1
This is also confirmed by the following statement spoken by Lord Krsna to His internal potency Yogamaya (S.B. 10.2.9):
"O all-auspicous Yogamaya, I shall then appear with My full six opulences as the son of Devaki."
TEXT 2
Sridhara Swami explains that in this verse the word "amsa-bhagena" means accompanied by His expansions, the purusa-incarnations. This description confirms the statement of Srimad Bhagavatam (1.3.38) : "Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam" (Sri Krsna is the Original Personality of Godhead).
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §39 · English §41
Source[३९] तद् एवं जगृहे इत्य् आदि-प्रकरणे यत् स्वयम् उत्पेक्षितं तच्-छ्री-स्वामि- सम्मत्या दृढीकृतम् । पुनर् अपि तत्-सम्मतिर् अभ्यस्यते यथा - श्रुत्वाजितं जरासन्धं नृपतेर् ध्यायतो हरिः । आहोपायं तम् एवाद्य उद्धवो यम् उवाच ह ॥ [भ्प् १०.७२.१५] टीका च - आद्यो हरिः श्री-कृष्ण इत्य् एषा ॥ ॥ १०.७२ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ३९ ॥
[39] tad evaṃ jagṛhe ity ādi-prakaraṇe yat svayam utpekṣitaṃ tac-chrī-svāmi- sammatyā dṛḍhīkṛtam | punar api tat-sammatir abhyasyate yathā - śrutvājitaṃ jarāsandhaṃ nṛpater dhyāyato hariḥ | āhopāyaṃ tam evādya uddhavo yam uvāca ha || [BhP 10.72.15] ṭīkā ca - ādyo hariḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa ity eṣā || || 10.72 || śrī-śukaḥ || 39 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 41
Anuccheda 41
TEXT 1
This is also confirmed in the following statement spoken by Devaki to Lord Krsna (S.B. 10.85.31) :
"O Lord Krsna, O all-pervading Supersoul, You are the Original Personality of Godhead. By a tiny fragment of a part of a part of a portion of Your potency the material universes are created and again annihilated. I surrender unto You and take shelter of You."
TEXT 2
Sridhara Swami explains in his commentary:
"In this verse the first "amsa" (portion) referred to is the purusa-avatara. The portion of the purusa-avatara is the illusory potency maya, and the portion of maya is the three modes of material nature. By an atomic fragment of the modes of nature, the material universes are created, maintained and destroyed. In this way, by a portion of a portion of a portion of a portion of the Lord's potency the material world is created. In this verse the word "tva" means unto You and the phrase "gatim gatasmi" means I take shelter.
Kṛṣṇa · Sanskrit §40 · English §42
Source[४०] किं च - अथाहम् अंश-भागेन देवक्याः पुत्रतां शुभे । प्राप्स्यामि [भ्प् १०.२.९] इत्य् आदि । अंश-भागेनेत्य् अत्र पूर्णोचितम् एवार्थं बहुधा योजयद्भिर् मध्ये अंशेन उरुष-रूपेण मायया भागो भजनम् ईक्षणं यस्य तेनेति च व्याचक्षाणैर् अन्ते सर्वथा परिपूर्ण-रूपेणेति विवक्षितम् । कृष्णस् तु भगवान् स्वयम् इत्य् उक्तत्वात् । इत्य् एवं हि तैर् व्याख्यातम् । ॥ १०.२ ॥ श्री-भगवान् योगमायाम् ॥ ४०॥
[40] kiṃ ca - athāham aṃśa-bhāgena devakyāḥ putratāṃ śubhe | prāpsyāmi [BhP 10.2.9] ity ādi | aṃśa-bhāgenety atra pūrṇocitam evārthaṃ bahudhā yojayadbhir madhye aṃśena uruṣa-rūpeṇa māyayā bhāgo bhajanam īkṣaṇaṃ yasya teneti ca vyācakṣāṇair ante sarvathā paripūrṇa-rūpeṇeti vivakṣitam | kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam ity uktatvāt | ity evaṃ hi tair vyākhyātam | || 10.2 || śrī-bhagavān yogamāyām || 40||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 42
Anuccheda 42
Text 1
That Lord Krsna is the origin of the Narayana feature of Godhead is confirmed in the following statement spoken to Lord Krsna by Brahma(Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.14):
"O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are indeed everyone's dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my father, Narayana? 'Narayana' refers to one whose abode is in the water born from Nara(Garbhodakasayi Visnu), and that Narayana is Your plenary portion. All Your plenary portions are transcendental. They are absolute and not creations of maya."
Text 2
Sridhara Svami explains in his commentary:
"This verse explains that Lord Narayana rests on the Garbhodaka Ocean which was manifested from His own body. It is further explained that that Narayana is a plenary portion of Lord Krsna."
In this way the meaning of this verse is clear: Krsna is the source of the incarnations of Godhead. Brahma is speaking correctly and not simply speaking flattering lies.
Text 3
That Krsna is the Original Personality of Godhead is also confirmed in the following statement of Srimad-Bhagavatam(10.13.15):
"Brahma had observed the activities of the most powerful Krsna in killing and delivering Aghasura, and he was astonished."*
Brahma became amazed when he saw that the sinful demon Agha had become liberated by the mercy of Krsna. The liberation of Agha could not have been performed by any other form of the Lord. Only the Original Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, could have liberated such a sinful person.
Text 4
Krsna's supremacy is also described in the following verse (Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.13.15):
"Brahma wanted to show some of his own power and see the power of Krsna, who was engaged in His childhood pastimes, playing as if with ordinary cowherd boys. Therefore in Krsna's abscence, Brahma took all the boys and calves to another place. Thus he became entangled, for in the very near future he would see how powerful Krsna was."*
This verse describes Brahma's desire to see more excellent pastimes of the Lord. This chapter(Canto 10, Chapter 13) describes how Brahma actually saw the Lord's extraordinary opulence and glory.
Text 5
After Brahma had stolen the boys and calves, Krsna personally axpanded to become the boys and the calves Himself. The following verse(Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.13.46) describes Brahma's eventual perception that the boys and calves were actually personal expansions of Krsna:
"Then, while Lord Brahma looked on, all the calvs and the boys tending them immediately appeared to have complexions the color of bluish rainclouds and to be dressed in yellow silken garments."*
Text 6
This passage from Srimad-Bhagavatam describes how millions of Lord Krsna's visnu-tattva expansions were shown to Brahma by Lord Krsna. who manifested Them as merely a portion of a portion of His potency. These visnu-tattva expansions were all the material universes and they were being worshiped by the Lord various potencies, headed by Aja, by all personified opulences , by the mystic perfections , headed by Anima, by the 24 material elements enumerated by the Sankhya philosophy , by the mahat-tattva and other potencies, by the Lord's asisstants and associates, by personified time and other potencies of the Lord, by the various material universes manifested by the time potency, by innumerable Brahmas and other demigods entrusted with the details of universal creation, and by all the individual living entities(jivas), even down to the blade of grass.
Text 7
In his commentary on this verse, Srila Sridhara Svami confirms that all transcendental potencies are manifested from Lord Krsna, and Lord Krsna is the original source of everything. In order to substantiate these points, Sridhara Svami quotes the "krsnas tu bhgavan svayam" (Sri Krsna is the Original Personality of Godhead) statement of Srimad-Bhagavatam(1.3.28).
Text 8
Sri Krsna is the all-powerful master of all potencies, and He is not different from His manifestations as the Universal Form and as the all-pervading Supersoul who is manifested everywhere throughout the universes. In his commentary on the verse "jagrhe paurusam rupam" (The Original Personality of Godhead then accepted the form of the purusa-avatara) (Sriamd-Bhagavatam 1.3.1), Sridhara Svami explains that the purusa-avatara is actually not different from the Universal Form, and the Orginal Personality of Godhead is also not different from the purusa-avatara. Actually, Lord Krsna is the shelter upon whom everything rests. Sridhara Svami confirms this in the introductory verses of his commentary on the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam(Bhavartha-dipika 10.1.1-2) in the following words.
Text 9
"I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate source of all the universes. That Sri Krsna is described in the first nine Cantos of Srimad-Bhagavatam(which conatin descriptions of nine subjects, beginning with the primary and the secondary creation of the material universes)."
Text 10
"The Tenth Canto of the Srimad-Bhgavatam reveals the Tenth object, the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is the shelter of the surrendered souls. He is known as Sri Krsna, and He enjoyed transcendental bliss, perofrming pastimes in the ocean known as the family of Maharaja Yadu."*
Text 11
In these verses Sridhara Svami clearly describes Lord Krsna as the Original Personality of Godhead, the supreme shleter of everyone. If one wishes to consider another form of God as the original form, then he must reject these verses of Sridhara Svami as useless and without meaning. That Krsna is the Original Form of the Godhead is confirmed in the following words of Lord Brahma:
narayano nigam
"O Krsna, Lord Narayana is Your plenary portion."