Srila Prabhupada - "Mahā-Viṣṇu is the plenary portion of the plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. (Lecture BG, Ch 6 text 30-34 Los Angeles, Feb 19, 1969)
So, this Mahā-Viṣṇu again enters into each material universe as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu there is Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu who enters into the heart of every living entity (individual jiva-souls) in the material world.
Srila Prabhupada - "Factually for a living beings (individual jiva-souls) there is no one dearer than the Lord (Krsna). The Lord expands Himself by innumerable parts and parcels as-
1 - "svāṁśa" (Viṣṇu-tattva "direct personal" expansions of Krsna)
2 - "vibhinnāṁśa" (jiva-tattva or the individual jiva-souls who are separated expansions of Krsna).
Paramātmā (Supersoul) is the svāṁśa part of the Lord, whereas the vibhinnāṁśa parts are the living beings (jiva-souls). As the living being (jiva-soul) is the important factor in the material body, for without the living being (jiva-soul) the material body has no value. Similarly, without Paramātmā (Supersoul) the living being has no status quo.
Brahman or Paramātmā has no locus standi without the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. This is thoroughly explained in the Bhagavad-gītā. They are all interlinked with one another, or interdependent factors; thus in the ultimate issue the Lord is the summum bonum and therefore the vital principle of everything." (SB, Canto 1 Ch 15 text 6, Purport)
Srila Prabhupāda - "That Supersoul (Paramatma) is present within this universe. Kṛṣṇa says, viṣṭabhya aham - "I enter within this world."
Ekāṁśena sthito jagat: (BG 10.42) "I do not enter, but My plenary portion, ekāṁśena, Paramātmā enters."
The Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu (Paramatma or Supersoul), He enters.
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu enters within this "smaller secondary universe" inside the massive Brahmanda universe we are in.
And Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu enters into everything, even in the atom. Therefore it is working. So, that consciousness is there because the universal consciousness of Viṣṇu is there, therefore everything within the universe is working so nicely." (Lecture BG, Ch 2 text 17 Hyderabad, Nov 22, 1972)
Srimad Bhagavatam - "I have just lost Him whose separation for a moment would render all the universes unfavorable and void, like bodies without life." (SB, Canto 1 Ch 15 text 6)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So this Personality of Godhead... It is a fact. Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate (SB 1.2.11). The last word is Bhagavān.
From Bhagavān the Paramātmā expansion is the localized aspect. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe arjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61). That is expansion. Ekāṁśena sthito jagat (BG 10.42).
That is one of the plenary portions. Viṣṭabhya aham. Kṛṣṇa enters within this universe as Mahā-Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Paramatma, and therefore the material universe becomes manifest." (Lecture BG, Ch 2 text 26 Hyderabad, Nov 30, 1972)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So the existence of the material universe means within His breathing period, within the breathing period of the Mahā-Viṣṇu. So that Mahā-Viṣṇu is described as-
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣaḥ (Bs. 5.48).
Mahā-Viṣṇu is also a plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa, Govinda. Mahā Viṣṇu is also NOT the original, the original Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes is Kṛṣṇa." (Lecture BG, Ch 2 text 51-55 New York City, April 12, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "In each material universe deep within the surroundings Brahmanda universal egg, there are innumerable planets and each planet is of different atmosphere. The atmosphere of one planet is not equal to another. This is God's creation. Ekāṁśena sthito jagat. All these innumerable universes, they are sustained by one plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa, in His vibhūti-yoga, He has explained to Arjuna,
athavā bahunaitena
kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna
viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam
ekāṁśena sthito jagat. (BG 10.42)
So Kṛṣṇa is staying within these universes.
Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham. Not only within the universes but within the atom also." (Lecture BG, Ch 4 text 8 Bombay, March 28, 1974)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Ekāṁśena, "One My plenary portion..." Mahā-Viṣṇu. For creation of this material world. Ekāṁśena sthito jagat. And what is that ekāṁśa? That is described also.
Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ (Bs. 5.48).
Loma-vilajā. And innumerable universes are coming out from the hair holes of the body of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya. His breathing. He is, within the Kāraṇa Ocean, Causal Ocean, He is sleeping.
Yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidrām (Bs. 5.47).
Yoga-nidrā (sleeping trance). And while He's sleeping in His yoga-nidrā, innumerable universes are coming out through His breathing and from the air holes." (Lecture BG, Ch 4 text 10 Bombay, March 30, 1974)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So this is greatness of Kṛṣṇa. This Mahā-Viṣṇu is only kalā-viśeṣaḥ. Viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣaḥ. Kalā means portion of the plenary portion. That is called kalā.
Aṁśa means plenary portion, and kalā means portion of the plenary portion.
So all the incarnation of Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa are described in the Śrīmad Bhagavad and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, First Canto, Third Chapter.
And at the conclusion it is said, ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28).
Kṛṣṇa's name is also there, but just to make distinction between all the avatāras and Kṛṣṇa, it is concluded: ete, all of them are, ca aṁśa, some of them are plenary portions, some of them, portion of the plenary portion. In this, they are situated. But the name Kṛṣṇa which is there, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam... That is stated." (Lecture BG, Ch 4 text 10 Bombay, March 30, 1974)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Any person who is devoutedly, is attached to Me and is fully Kṛṣṇa conscious with love and faith, unto him, I give dictation in such a way that he will come to Me. He will come to Me."
How He will give me dictation? Oh, īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe arjuna tiṣṭhati: (BG 18.61)
"The Supreme Lord, by His plenary portion, He is situated within your heart."
Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe arjuna tiṣṭhati. That we individual souls and the Supreme Soul, both of them are sitting in this tree of body. That is the Vedic injunction." (Lecture BG, Ch 4 text 11 New York City, July 27, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Everything is Kṛṣṇa. You can surrender to so many manifestations of Kṛṣṇa. Because nothing, anything you experience, that is Kṛṣṇa's energy. That is not different from Kṛṣṇa. That is the conception of oneness. Kṛṣṇa is expanding Himself by His plenary portion. We are also Kṛṣṇa. We living entities, being part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, we are also Kṛṣṇa. There is nothing but Kṛṣṇa. Now it is up to you. If you want to surrender yourself to the Kṛṣṇa's energy, you can do. If you want to surrender to the Kṛṣṇa's expansion, that also you can do." (Lecture BG, Ch 4 text 11 Vrndavana, Aug 3, 1974)
Srila Prabhupāda - "This picture, Viṣṇu picture. That is the objective of concentration for the yogi. That is real yoga. And this Viṣṇu manifestation is Kṛṣṇa's plenary portion. In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is said - yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidrām ananta jagad aṇḍa saroma-kūpaḥ" (Lecture BG, Ch 6 text 30-34 Los Angeles, Feb 19, 1969)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Govindam ādi-puruṣam. Puruṣam means the Lord is male, enjoyer, ādi, the original. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
The original Lord is Kṛṣṇa (Govinda).
And who is that Govinda? Whose only one plenary portion is Mahā-Viṣṇu. And what is the function of Mahā-Viṣṇu?
Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ (Bs. 5.48).
In every universe there is a chief living entity (jiva-souls) who is known as Brahmā. Brahmā is the original person in each universe. So the life of Brahmā or the life of a universe is existing only on the breathing period of Mahā-Viṣṇu." (Lecture BG, Ch 6 text 30-34 Los Angeles, Feb 19, 1969)
Srila Prabhupāda - "That Mahā-Viṣṇu, is said here:
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣaḥ (Bs. 5.48).
Mahā-Viṣṇu is the plenary portion of the plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is the original. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
So, this Mahā-Viṣṇu again enters into each material universe as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu there is Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu who enters into the heart of every marginal living entity (eternal individual jiva-souls)
In this way the Viṣṇu manifestation is all over the creation. So the yogi's concentration of mind on this Viṣṇu form, that is explained here." (Lecture BG, Ch 6 text 30-34 Los Angeles, Feb 19, 1969)
Srila Prabhupāda - "In the Vedic language it is said that living entities, there is no count. Innumerable. So similarly Viṣṇu is, if a material thing like sun can be reflected in each and every waterpot, so why not the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu live in each and everyone's heart. It is not difficult to understand. He's living. That is stated. And the yogi has to concentrate his mind on that Viṣṇu form. So this Viṣṇu form is plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa." (Lecture BG, Ch 6 text 30-34 Los Angeles, Feb 19, 1969)
Srila Prabhupāda - "In order to manifest or create millions of universes... The universe which we are experiencing within our present knowledge is only one. There are many thousands of universes, innumerable universes clustered together. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said it is just like a bag of mustard seeds, and this universe is only one seed. So, Kṛṣṇa in His one plenary portion, Mahā-Viṣṇu, He is lying on the Causal Ocean, and during His breathing period, exhaling period, innumerable universes are coming out. These are the statements of Vedic literature." (Lecture BG, Ch 7 text 1-2 Bombay, March 28, 1971)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Kṛṣṇa, by His one plenary portion. When we say of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is not alone, Kṛṣṇa has unlimited expansions. Just like one expansion is Paramātmā (Supersoul). Īśvaraḥ sarva bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe arjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61).
Kṛṣṇa expands Himself, there are millions and trillions of living entities. Anantyāya kalpate. The living entities... Sa ca anantyāya kalpate. So, Kṛṣṇa's expansion is also ananta. Not only within the heart of all living entities, but He is within the atom also.
Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara. But this is only one plenary portion, expansion of Kṛṣṇa." (Lecture BG, Ch 7 text 4 Vrndavana, Aug 10, 1974)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So the impersonalists, brahmavādīs, they realize about that brahmajyoti. And the yogis, they realize the Supersoul, Supersoul. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe arjuna tiṣṭhati: (BG, Ch 18 text 61)
"Īśvara, the Supreme Lord, by His plenary portions, He is situated in everyone's heart."
We are sitting together. Several times we have described this, that two birds are sitting in the same tree. The two birds means one, the Supersoul, and other, the individual living entity. So by yogic process, by concentrating our mind, focusing our mind to the Supersoul, one can experience that partial, plenary expansion of the Lord, Supersoul." (Lecture BG, Ch 7 text 18 New York City, Oct 12, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Because Kṛṣṇa is everything. Parasya brahmaṇaḥ śaktiḥ. Whatever we see, whatever we experience, that is, everything, Kṛṣṇa's energy. This material world is also expansion of Kṛṣṇa's energy. Similarly, the spiritual world is also expansion of Kṛṣṇa's energy. The brahmajyoti is also expansion of Kṛṣṇa's energy.
Paramātmā (Supersoul) is also expansion of Kṛṣṇa's plenary portion. In this way, when one understands perfectly well that whatever we are experiencing, that is Kṛṣṇa's energies." (Lecture BG, Ch 15 text 1 Bombay, Oct 28, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So we have entered this material world for enjoyment, and to give us facility for enjoyment, the plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa, Paramātmā, brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti (SB 1.2.11), He's also within this body. The..., this can be explained by one example.
Just like when there is some fair. In India, just like we had attended that Kumbha Mela fair. So because the people would come and gather there, the government takes precaution, or makes necessary arrangement.
There is actually a small government; the commissioner, the magistrate, they go there and manage things, that things are going on nicely so that people may not be in inconvenience, let them take bath peacefully. That is the idea." (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 2 text 31 Vrndavana, Nov 10, 1972)
Srila Prabhupāda - "In the Bhagavad-gītā also it is said,
viṣṭabhya aham ekāṁśena.
athavā bahunaitena
kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna
viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam
ekāṁśena sthito jagat. (BG, Ch 10 text 42)
"Because I have entered into this universe by My plenary portion, therefore it is existing." It is explained in the Bhagavad gītā." (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 3 text 1 Vrndavana, Nov 14, 1972)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Just like your energy is working on this body, similarly Kṛṣṇa's energy also working in this universal body. So, He summarized how His energies are working. Athavā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna.
"Arjuna, now I shall go on explaining how My energies are working, but you can summarize that I, in one of My plenary portion, enter into this material world, and therefore it is going on so nicely." (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 3 text 30 Los Angeles, Oct 5, 1972)
Srila Prabhupāda - "This is Brahma-saṁhitā. The Lord, by expansion of one of His plenary portions, He is existing within this universe. Not only within the universe, but within the atom also. Aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān.
This is God's qualification, that He can become greater than the greatest. Just like we have got conception the greatest—this universe. We cannot even imagine how long, how far it is extended. But such universes are coming out from the breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Yaḥ kāraṇārnava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidrām ananta-jagad-aṇḍa-saroma-kūpaḥ (Bs. 5.47).
From His breathing, when He exhales, innumerable universes come out, and when He inhales, all those universes again enters." (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 8 text 18 New York City, April 10, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "All these demons who were killed by Kṛṣṇa, they immediately merge into the brahmajyoti-nirviśeṣa. The only difference is, of course, the brahmajyoti, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. They are one. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam (SB 1.2.11).
That is one truth, Absolute Truth, in different features only. Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate. Originally Bhagavān, His plenary representation is Paramātmā who is situated in everyone's heart. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61).
The plenary portion Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, He is in everyone's heart. That is Paramātmā.
And Brahman, Paramātmā, and Bhagavān. The ultimate issue is Bhagavān." (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 8 text 28 Los Angeles, April 20, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "The universal form is causal, because Arjuna wanted to see. Arjuna was a devotee, so He showed him. That is not actual form.
Just like a person, he, he may dress himself as a king or something, but that is not his real appearance, his appearance at home. So Kṛṣṇa's real form is Vṛndāvana, at home. That is real form.
And all other forms are expansion of His plenary portions. Advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam (Bs. 5.33), in the Brahma-saṁhitā. Ananta-rūpam.
He can expand Himself in millions and millions of forms, ananta-rūpam. But advaita, but He's one. Advaita, acyuta. Acyuta means who never falls. Infallible. So Kṛṣṇa's infallible, not infallible, Kṛṣṇa's real form... In any form, He's not fallible. He's acyuta." (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 8 text 41 Los Angeles, May 3, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So, the conclusion is all these forms, ete, all these, ca aṁśa-kalāḥ... Aṁśa means plenary portion, not personally. Aṁśa... And kalā means portion of the portion. Just like first of all is Kṛṣṇa, then His next expansion is-
Balarāma,
Saṅkarṣaṇa,
Aniruddha,
Pradyumna.
Saṅkarṣaṇa again,
Aniruddha,
Pradyumna.
In this way, next expansion Nārāyaṇa. Then, from Nārāyaṇa, another quadruple expansion-
Pradyumna,
Aniruddha,
Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Then Mahā-Viṣṇu, the origin of this material creation. Yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidrām ananta jagad aṇḍa-saroma-kūpaḥ (Bs. 5.47).
Yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidrām anantam.
That is Mahā-Viṣṇu. Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ (Bs. 5.48).
So, from His breathing nostril, ananta, unlimited number of potential universes, are coming, and—exhaling, inhaling—and unlimited going within.
This is Mahā-Viṣṇu. Mahā-Viṣṇu is also plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa." (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 16 text 24 Hawaii, Jan 20, 1974)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva loka maheśvaram: (BG 5.29)
"I am the proprietor of all the lokas, of all the planets."
We become proprietor a few thousands of years, and there are so many difficulties. And He's the proprietor of the whole universe. That is also very little estimation, because Kṛṣṇa says,
athavā bahunaitena
kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna
viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam
ekāṁśena sthito jagat. (BG 10.42)
Kṛṣṇa says that "By My one plenary portion I'm possessing or controlling the innumerable universes."
We have no information of one universe. Universe, that is also, we cannot estimate. But the innumerable universes are estimated to give us some glimpse of knowledge." (Lecture SB, Canto 3 Ch 26 text 1 Bombay, Dec 13, 1974)
Srila Prabhupāda - "This material manifestation is one fourth-part of My energy, so many innumerable material universes."
And this is the plenary portion of God, Govinda—not full, but plenary, one part only. And do you think God is so cheap, anyone can become God? You don't take so cheaply that "Here is a God, incarnation. Here is a God." All bogus. Immediately reject them. Sādhu śāstra guru vākya." (Lecture SB, Canto 3 Ch 28 text 20 Nairobi, Oct 30, 1975)
Srila Prabhupāda - "One plenary portion of the Supreme Lord. The Lord... That is also described-
advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam
ādyaṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁ nava-yauvanaṁ ca
vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. (Bs. 5.33)
So, God has innumerable expansions, by His one expansion, eko 'py asau racayitum, one expansion, Mahā-Viṣṇu, is responsible for the cosmic manifestation. Eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭim (Bs. 5.35).
Innumerable universes. The universe which we see generally, up to the sky cover, a round sky, this is only one universe. And there are innumerable universes. Jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi." (Lecture SB, Canto 5 Ch 5 text 1 London, Aug 30, 1971)
Srila Prabhupāda - "In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, "Then it again enters into the nature of the Supreme."
So with the exhaling of breathing, innumerable universes are being generated.
Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam atha. Niśvasita-kāla, that period. Now, imagine what is that period. Jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ.
And also from the holes of the body, many universes are coming out. Such Viṣṇu, the Brahma-saṁhitā says, yasya iha kalā-viśeṣaḥ, such Viṣṇu, Lord Viṣṇu, Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, He is also a plenary portion of Govinda. Just imagine what is Govinda. Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā (Bs. 5.48).
That is also confirmed by Govinda, Kṛṣṇa, in the Bhagavad-gītā: ekāṁśena sthito jagat (BG 10.42).
When Arjuna inquired from Kṛṣṇa, "What is Your opulence?" then He is describing the opulence, and in that opulence He concludes that
"There is no necessity of describing My opulence very much. You simply understand that the whole material creation is existing in one fourth of My energy."
So that is understanding of Bhagavad-gītā. We have to understand what is Kṛṣṇa." (Lecture SB, Canto 6 Ch 1 text 41-42 Surat, Dec 23, 1970)
Srila Prabhupāda - "This whole material manifestation, cosmic manifestation, is maintained by one of My plenary portion, Paramātmā."
That is also confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā-
eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi
yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ
aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-sthaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. (Bs. 5.35)
So Kṛṣṇa, by His one plenary portion as Paramātmā. The Absolute Truth is realized in three ways: Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān." (Lecture SB, Canto 7 Ch 5 text 1, Pandal Lecture Bombay, Jan 12, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Just like Kṛṣṇa says... This Mahā-Viṣṇu and Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā.
When Arjuna was asking Kṛṣṇa about His vibhūti, about His power Kṛṣṇa summarized, athavā bahunaitena kim jñātena tavārjuna, "How much I shall explain about My power and energy?" Vistabhya aham ekamsena sthito jagat (BG 10.42).
Aham, "I enter in one of My plenary portion, that is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, I maintain the whole material cosmic manifestation." Ekāṁśena sthito jagat." (Lecture SB, Canto 7 Ch 9 text 8 Calcutta, March 5, 1972)
Srila Prabhupāda - "We have already discussed Kāraṇodakaśāyī, who is the plenary portion of Saṅkarṣaṇa. Now, from Kāraṇodakaśāyī is Garbhodakaśāyī. Garbhodakaśāyī means this, within the womb or bottom of this universe, there is a ocean, big ocean, and in that ocean the plenary portion of Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu enters. This is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā, viṣṭabhya aham idaṁ kṛtsnam ekāṁśena sthito jagat (BG 10.42).
By one portion, the Garbho..., er, Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu enters each universe, and within that universe He creates a ocean by His perspiration." (Lecture CC Adi-lila 1.10 Mayapur, April 3, 1975)
Srila Prabhupāda - "According to time, according to place, according to the audience, they may speak, speak something which is, which may be different from the Vedic conclusion, but they are accepted as powerful incarnations. So, in that list of incarnations, Kṛṣṇa's name is also there. But just to particularize Kṛṣṇa from all others, this verse is mentioned there. What is that?
All this list of incarnations that we have seen or we are reading in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam..." Ete ca aṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ. Puṁsaḥ means the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord's plenary portion or portion of the plenary portion I have several times mentioned, that the original lamp always remains the original.
Just like the original lamp, Kṛṣṇa is the origin of all Viṣṇu-tattva expansions like
Balarāma,
Ramachandra,
Nārāyaṇa,
Narasiṁha deva etc.
Just like you kindle another candle, from that, another, from that another, thousands and millions of candles, you can light up, but the original is the original. Similarly, the original God is Kṛṣṇa." (Lecture CC Madhya-lila 20.154-157 New York City, Dec 7, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "There are innumerable universes, which you cannot estimate, and each of the universes, the Lord is incarnating Himself by one of His plenary portions. Kṛṣṇa is present in some of the universes even now. We do not know where is that universe is because we cannot see it.
What is information we have got?
We do not know anything about this universe. We see so many stars in the night, so many sun, moon, but what do we know about them? Still, we are claiming that "We are very powerful. We are very advanced in knowledge." This is our poor fund of knowledge." (Lecture CC Madhya-lila 20.154-157 New York City, Dec 7, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So indrāri-vyākulam... He is, by His one plenary portion, so, in this material universe, when Kṛṣṇa comes it is just like when sun appears in your country, it takes twenty-four hours to pass one day/night.
Similarly, when Kṛṣṇa comes to this material universe, it is only in one day of Brahmā (every 8 billion 640 million human years) He comes.
Krsna has got a scheduled time also, to also appear on time in this material universe. We get information from authentic scripture. Indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ mṛḍayanti yuge yuge about this. Just like sun is rotating, or we are rotating, similarly, Kṛṣṇa is there. At a certain interval of time we see Him in this universe." (Lecture CC Madhya-lila 20.154-157 New York City, Dec 7, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Those who are searching after the Supreme Absolute Truth through meditation, yoga, they can approach Kṛṣṇa up to His plenary portion, Paramātmā, or the Supersoul. And those who are pursuing the principles of devotional service, they can directly approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.
So Kṛṣṇa is everything. He is impersonal Brahman, He is localized Paramātmā, and He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead at the same time.
But due to our different processes, different process of approach, somebody is realizing Him as the impersonal Brahman, somebody is realizing Him as the localized Paramātmā, Supersoul, and somebody is realizing Him, īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Bs. 5.1), the most, supermost reservoir of all pleasure, Personality of Godhead, and associates with Him in different relationship and enjoys life, eternal life, blissful life and knowledge of full." (Lecture CC Madhya-lila 20.154-157 New York City, Dec 7, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Maha-Viṣṇu, is part of a part of Kṛṣṇa called kalā. So all these list... Bhāgavata is specifying about Kṛṣṇa. All this full list of God's incarnation... Either they are part, plenary part, or parts of the parts of the parts of the Supreme, but here, the name Kṛṣṇa, He's the original God.
Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam: (SB 1.3.28) "The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Kṛṣṇa." That has been particularly pointed out in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, although there are list of many." (Lecture CC Madhya-lila 20.154-157 New York City, Dec 7, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Now the description of prakāśa manifestation and vilāsa manifestation are described in this way, now, His plenary portions, how they are named.
saṅkarṣaṇa, matsyādika—dui bheda tāṅra
saṅkarṣaṇa-puruṣāvatāra līlāvatāra āra
Saṅkarṣaṇa and in incarnation... Saṅkarṣaṇa, from Saṅkarṣaṇa, there are three expansions.
They are called Viṣṇu-Mahā-Viṣṇu,
Mahā-Viṣṇu,
Garbhodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu,
Kṣirodakaśāyī Viṣṇu—from Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Mahā-Viṣṇu... When the material world is created, the Mahā-Viṣṇu expansion is there.
From Mahā-Viṣṇu, all these universes are generated and from Mahā-Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is expanded.
This Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu enters into each universe, and then, in each universe, from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is expanded." (Lecture CC Madhya-lila 20.172 New York City, Dec 14, 1966)
Srila Prabhupāda - "There are three puruṣa-avatāras, we have already discussed. Jagat... For material creation there are three puruṣa incarnations.
"mahā-viṣṇu, padmanābha, kṣīrodaka-svāmī ei tina-sthūla-sūkṣma-sarva-antaryāmī"
And those three incarnations are called Mahā-Viṣṇu, Padmanābha, Padmanābha Viṣṇu.
Padmanābha means from His navel there is a stem of lotus flower, and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu... Ei tina-sthūla-sūkṣma-sarva-antaryāmī.
ei tina-sarvāśraya jagat-īśvara
eho saba kalā-aṁśa kṛṣṇa-adhīśvara
So all these incarnations are plenary parts of Kṛṣṇa. And this is confirmed in Brahma-saṁhitā:
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya
jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ
viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. (Bs. 5.48)
So Govinda, the Supreme Lord, the cause of all causes, His plenary portions are these three Viṣṇus.
ei artha-madhyama, śuna 'gūḍha' artha āra tina āvāsa-sthāna kṛṣṇera śāstre khyāti yāra." (Lecture CC Madhya-lila 21.13-49 New York City, Jan 4, 1967)
Srila Prabhupāda - "The greatest manifestation of Viṣṇu is the Mahā-Viṣṇu who is lying on the Causal Ocean of material creation, wherefrom the material universes are emanating by His breathing process. Such a gigantic and huge, I mean to say, form of Viṣṇu with four hands, He is also stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā-
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya
jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ
viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo
govindam ādi-puruṣam tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. (Bs. 5.48)
"I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, whose plenary parts of the portion is Mahā-Viṣṇu."
And what is that Mahā-Viṣṇu?
"In whose breathing period all these universes are coming and being annihilated."
That is the process of His breathing. Just like with our breathing we are extricating so many germs and again we are taking so many germs, similarly, the breathing period of Mahā-Viṣṇu is He is exhaling so many universes and again inhaling so many universes.
That Mahā-Viṣṇu is also the plenary expansion of Kṛṣṇa." (Lecture CC Madhya-lila 22.5 New York City, Jan 7, 1967)
Srila Prabhupāda - "One portion of the Lord... That is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā: ekāṁśena sthito jagat (BG 10.42).
Jagat means this material world.
That is being maintained by one of His plenary portions, which is called Paramātmā. Or Garbhodakaśayī Viṣṇu, or Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. So one portion of His plenary portion, He is within the material world. A material world means within the universe. Aṇḍāntara-stham. Aṇḍa, brahmāṇḍa means this universe. This is not only one universe, but there are many millions of universes. So He's there." (Lecture Brahma-samhita, Verse 33 Stockholm, Sep 6, 1973, Upsala University)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Eko 'py asau, that Govinda by His one expansion of plenary portion, eko 'py asau, that expansion is meant for creating this material world. Eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi.
Not one universe, but billions of universes. As you see within this universe, there are millions and trillions of planets. Similarly, there are millions and trillions of universes. Jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi. So in each universe, Govinda enters, then it becomes developed." (Lecture Brahma-samhita, Verse 35 New York City, July 31, 1971)
Srila Prabhupāda - "One portion of the Lord... That is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā, ekāṁśena sthito jagat (BG 10.42).
Jagat means this material world. That is being maintained by one of His plenary portion, which is called Paramātmā or Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu or Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. So one portion of His plenary portion, He is within the material world. Material world means the universe. Aṇḍāntara-stham. Aṇḍa, brahmāṇḍa means this universe. This is not only one material universe, but there are many millions of material universes. So He is there." (Lecture Brahma-samhita, Lecture Stockholm, Sep 7, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "When Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna was trying to understand about different potential existence of Kṛṣṇa, so He explained in the Twelfth Chapter, "I am this. Amongst them, I am this. Amongst them..."Like that. And He concluded that
"How far I shall go on? Better try to understand that only one plenary portion of Me, by entering this universe, the whole cosmic manifestation is existing."
Ekāṁṣena sthito jagat (BG 10.42). Jagat. This material world is existing on one plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa. And Kṛṣṇa enters, aṇḍāntara-sthaṁ paramānu-cayāntara-stham, He enters within this universe.
Without His entering, this universe cannot exist. Just like without the spirit soul's entering within this body, this body cannot exist. As soon as the spirit soul goes out, immediately the body's useless. However the body may be prime minister or anything else, as soon as the soul is out of this body, it is not worth even a farthing. Similarly, because Kṛṣṇa enters within this universe, therefore the universe has value. Otherwise it is simply a lump of matter; it has no value. Ekāṁṣena sthito jagat." (Radhastami, Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day London, Aug 29, 1971)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Īśvara sarva bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati. He's within your heart. Not only within the heart, He is within the atom also. Eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭim yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa cayā yad-antaḥ aṇḍantara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham (Bs. 5.35).
His one plenary portion has entered this material world as Garbhodakaśayī Viṣṇu. From Garbhodakaśayī Viṣṇu, there is expansion of Kṣirodakaśayī Viṣṇu.
That Kṣirodakaśayī Viṣṇu has entered every atom. Eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭiṁ yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-caya yad-antaḥ.
So Kṛṣṇa is everywhere, and if you are devotee, then you can catch Him. This is the secret." (Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda Deity Installation London, Aug 21, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "This Govinda, anādir ādir govindaḥ (Bs. 5.1). So the prayer is,
"I worship that Govinda," sarva kāraṇa kāraṇam, kāraṇa, "who is the cause of all causes."
Now, in this verse of Brahma-saṁhitā we find that one of His plenary portion. In the Vedic hymns we find that God has become many. Eko bahu śyām. God is one without second, but Kṛṣṇa is eternally a unique individual Person. Kṛṣṇa is above all His other expansions. We are also God, out of that many, we are one. We are not separate from God, but there are amongst the "many"s there is a difference of potency, difference of potencies. So Govinda (Kṛṣṇa), the ādi-puruṣa, whose plenary portion is Mahā-Viṣṇu. And what is Mahā-Viṣṇu's activity?
He is lying on the Causal Ocean, and while He is breathing, with His breathing only, innumerable universes are coming out. And innumerable universes are going into Him. In this way He is sleeping. That Mahā-Viṣṇu is the plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa.
So, we have to believe in the śāstras, and there is no other way for understanding Kṛṣṇa. What is beyond our imagination, beyond our mental cultivation, beyond the reach of our senses, we have to accept authority.
Exactly in the same way, just like we have to accept somebody as our father simply on the version of mother. Similarly, we have no information of Kṛṣṇa, but we have got Kṛṣṇa's books, we have got Vedic literatures, and if we study scripture, Śāstra-cakṣuṣāt:
"You all have to see through the śāstras! Then you will understand Kṛṣṇa and your life will be successful." (Pandal Lecture Bombay, April 10, 1971)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So, the possessor of the opulences in full is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is described in Vedic literature as Kṛṣṇa, the "all-attractive" Person.
Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam.
There is a list of different incarnations of God, even Lord Buddha's name is there. So in the conclusive portion it is said, ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28).
All these descriptions of the incarnations, they are plenary portion or portion of the portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But the name we find here as Kṛṣṇa, He is the Supreme, Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam.
Svayam means He is the original Personality of Godhead." (Rotary Club Lecture Hyderabad, Nov 29, 1972)
Srila Prabhupāda - "This material world is being maintained by one of My plenary portions. He is known as Paramātmā." Viṣṭabhya aham.
"I enter by one of My plenary portions, and this whole material world is maintained in that."
This material world is one-fourth manifestation of God's creation, and the spiritual world is three-fourth manifestation of God's creation which is known as brahmajyoti. There are millions and trillions of Vaikuṇṭha planets.
Vaikuṇṭha planets means vigata-kuṇṭha yasmād. Kuṇṭha means without anxiety.
Just like within this material world we are always full of anxieties, similarly, when you are in the the spiritual world, there is also many planets like this, but there is no kuṇṭha, there is no anxieties there in the Vaikuntha planets and Goloka-Vrindavana. Here in the material world anyone, up to Brahmā, ā-brahma bhuvanāl lokān punar āvartino 'rjuna, even if you go to the highest planetary system within this universe, still your anxiety will go with you." (Lecture Jakarta, Feb 28, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Kṛṣṇa, Govinda, is everywhere by His one plenary portion, which is known as Paramātmā. Eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi.
That Paramātmā is situated in every universe, aṇdāntarastham. Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
As Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu He is presented in every universe, and as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu He is within everyone's heart.
Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61). Not only within the heart of everyone, aṇḍāntara stha paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham, He is within the atom. That is Kṛṣṇa." (Lecture Bombay, Sep 25, 1973)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Then how God is all-pervading? The Paramātmā conception is there in the Brahma-saṁhitā-
eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭiṁ
yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ aṇḍāntara stha paramāṇu-cayāntara...(Bs. 5.35)
One part of His feature, eko 'py asau. Racayitum, creation, this creation is done by one plenary portion of His person, the puruṣa-avatāra, the
Mahā-Viṣṇu,
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu,
Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, is expanding.
So, and not only one universe but millions of universes, jagad-aṇḍa-koṭim.
And in the Bhagavad-gītā also same thing is confirmed, atha vā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna, ekāṁśena, viṣṭabhya aham, sthito jagat:
"By My one plenary portion I expand throughout all the universes, all the living entities. Even within atom I am present."
So, unless God has got that omnipresence potency everywhere, then how He can be omnipresent? This is one meaning. He is everywhere present by His expansion of His one plenary portion." (Discussion on St. Augustine philosophy)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Therefore those who are materialistic persons, they are amazed with the huge body of this universe. But Arjuna is saying that "On account of Your entering..." As this body has developed on account of entering, that minute particle or spiritual spark.
Similarly, there are innumerable universes. All these universes, they have developed. (aside:) Hare Kṛṣṇa, Jaya. (break) ...Kṛṣṇa's entering as Garbhodakaśayī Viṣṇu. That is explained in the last chapter-
athavā bahunaitena
kim jñātena tavārjuna
vistabhyāham idaṁ kṛstnam
ekāṁśena sthito jagat. (BG 10.42)
By His one plenary portion, by entering into this material world, so gigantic form is there. Therefore they cannot understand that how Kṛṣṇa, just like a human being, he can be more important than this gigantic cosmic manifestation." (Morning Walk April 4, 1974, Bombay)
Srila Prabhupāda - "No, that is another. Yasya niśvasita-kālam avalambya.
Mahā-Viṣṇu is breathing. So taking advantage of that breathing, innumerable universes are generating. And each universe, there is a superintending deity who is called Brahmā.
Yasya hi niśvasita-kālam.
Kālam atha avalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ.
Many hundreds and millions of Brahmās there are. They live, only taking advantage of the breathing period of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
Which is 311 trillion and 40 billion human years, also the life span of Brahmā. Mahā-Viṣṇu is sub-plenary portion. First Kṛṣṇa,
then Balarāma,
then Saṅkarṣaṇa,
Pradyumna,
Aniruddha,
Vāsudeva.
Vāsudeva,
Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Then, from
Saṅkarṣaṇa, ⁰0 0th ppNārāyaṇa, then from Nārāyaṇa, again catur-vyūha,
then the second Saṅkarṣaṇa,
Vāsudeva,
aniruddha,
And the second Saṅkarṣaṇa is Mahā-Viṣṇu.
And from Mahā-Viṣṇu, Kāraṇodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu. And from Kāraṇodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu, Kṣīrodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu.
The Kṣīrodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu is in each universe. He is the Supersoul.
And when any incarnation comes within this world, He comes through Kṣīrodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu.
In that way, Kṛṣṇa comes through Kṣīrodakaśāyī-Viṣṇu.
Every religion has conception of God, but no religious system in this world has got any clear conception of God.
But in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement it is not actually a so-called religious movement, but it is an educational movement to give information to the human society about God, that "Here is God."
You are searching after God, and somebody, in disappointment saying that "God is dead."
God is neither dead, nor it is fictitious, but it is factual, and here is this God, Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28).
This is the verdict of the Vedic literature. There may be many other gods but They are expansions of the original Personality of Godhead.
If anyone is interested to study the science of God, you'll find it in the Vedic literature, how Kṛṣṇa expands by His plenary portion in different names of God.
It is confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā, advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam (Bs. 5.33).
That Absolute Truth is advaita, without any duality; acyuta, infallible. Advaita, acyuta, anādi.
Everything has got it's beginning, anything you... That is our material conception because we have got the experience—anything we take, it has got a beginning.
But Kṛṣṇa, He is described, advaita, acyuta, anādi: "He has no beginning."(Conversation at House of Ksirodakasayi dasa July 25, 1976, London)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So, within the breathing period of Mahā-Viṣṇu innumerable universes are coming out. This is greatness.
How great is God, it is same idea, that within the breathing period innumerable universes are coming from. 0We cannot conceive of one universe, but we get the information that innumerable universes are coming out during the breathing period of Maha-Visnu.
Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ (Bs. 5.48).
That Mahā-Viṣṇu, yasya kalā-viśeṣa, part and plenary portion,
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
So, when we speak all these things, they'll take it mythology. And a cheap god comes, we'll accept, "Here is God." This is the position.
They do not try to understand that actually God is great, how great He is. That is called kūpa-maṇḍūka-nyāya, Dr. Frog's philosophy.
Dr. Frog is within the well, three feet length and breadth. He's thinking, "This is the ultimate reservoir of water." And when he's informed there is Atlantic Ocean, he simply calculates, "All right, this is three feet. It may be six feet or it may be seven feet; all right, come on, ten feet." He's going like that.
So, God is not like that, within our Vedic calculation. In the Bhagavad-gītā when Kṛṣṇa was speaking about the vibhūti-yoga, He was speaking "I am this amongst this." (Evening Darsana, Aug 12, 1976, Tehran)
Srila Prabhupāda - "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of ALL causes, that is explained in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. Ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28). All incarnation of God is described, and the summary is given at the end that all these names,
Rāma,
Nṛsiṁha,
Varāha.
And so many, hundreds and thousands, so all of them are Kṛṣṇa's plenary portion or portion of the plenary portion. Ete ca aṁśa-kalāḥ. And this Kṛṣṇa, tu bhagavān, Kṛṣṇa is the original. Ete ca aṁśa-kalāḥ. And this Kṛṣṇa, tu bhagavān, He is the original. Ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28), that is clearly stated.
And Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ (BG 10.8). There are many incarnation of God. So many incarnations that you cannot count even them all. Just like it is said in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam that like you cannot count the waves of the river, similarly you cannot count how many incarnations are there.
But Bhāgavata gives you the information that all these incarnations, innumerable incarnations, they are portions or part of the portions." (Evening Darsana Aug 14, 1976, Bombay).**
Compiled by Gauragopala Dasa Acbsp (initiated by Srila Prabhupada on July 10th 1972).
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