Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 315 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.315

স্বরূপ—ঐশ্বর্যপূর্ণ, কৃষ্ণসম প্রায কৃষ্ণ অংশী, তেঙ্হো অংশ, বেদে হেন গায

स्वरूप—ऐश्वर्यपूर्ण, कृष्णसम प्राय कृष्ण अंशी, तेङ्हो अंश, वेदे हेन गाय

svarūpa—aiśvarya-pūrṇa, kṛṣṇa-sama prāya kṛṣṇa aṁśī, teṅho aṁśa, vede hena gāya

Synonyms

sva-rūpapersonal expansion; aiśvarya-pūrṇafull of all opulences; kṛṣṇa-samaequal to Kṛṣṇa; prāyaalmost; kṛṣṇa aṁśīKṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead; teṅhoLord Viṣṇu; aṁśapersonal expansion; vedethe Vedas; henathus; gāyasing..

Translation

"Lord Viṣṇu is in the category of svāṁśa because He has opulences almost equal to Kṛṣṇa's. Kṛṣṇa is the original person, and Lord Viṣṇu is His personal expansion. This is the verdict of all Vedic literature.

Purport

Although an incarnation of the material energy, Lord Brahmā is nonetheless the director of the material mode of passion. Similarly, Lord Śiva, although simultaneously one with and different from Lord Kṛṣṇa, is still the incarnation of the mode of darkness. However, Lord Viṣṇu is Kṛṣṇa's personal expansion; therefore He is the director of the mode of goodness and is always transcendentally situated beyond the jurisdiction of the modes of material nature. Lord Viṣṇu is the original personal expansion of Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is the original source of all incarnations. As far as power is concerned, Lord Viṣṇu is as powerful as Lord Kṛṣṇa because He possesses all the opulences.

Verse 315 of 399
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