Kṛṣṇa is like the original candle that lights up all other candles who are His unlimited Visnu-tattva direct expansions.
Srila Prabhupada - "In Brahma-saṁhitā the example is given of an original candle which lights a second candle. Although both candles are of equal power, one is accepted as the original, and the other is said to be kindled from the original. The Viṣṇu expansion is like the second candle. He is as powerful as Kṛṣṇa, but the original Viṣṇu is Kṛṣṇa. Brahmā and Lord Śiva are obedient servants of the Supreme Lord, and the Supreme Lord as Viṣṇu is an expansion of Kṛṣṇa." (TLC, Ch 8)
Krsna's 64 qualities are the full expression of His Personality however, Krsna's Visnu-tattva expansions (also God) only have 60 of Krsna's 64 qualities, which is 93.75% of Krsna’s wonderful qualities.
Some cannot understand why Krsna has more qualities than Visnu/Narayana, or why Krsna is only the original Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes. It is simple to understand, as said above, Kṛṣṇa is like an original candle that lights all other candles, therefore Krsna is the first, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead.
All the Visnu/Narayana four armed bodily forms are Kṛṣṇa's expansions, Krsna is not an expansion of Visnu/Narayana as many Hindus wrongly believe today, they are all expansions of Kṛṣṇa.
Also, the Krsna who comes to the material world is not the same Krsna in Vrindavana in the spiritual world, this is because the original childhood Krsna never leaves the Vṛndāvana in the spiritual world.
This means the childhood form of Krsna outside the spiritual worlds of Goloka Vrindavana and the Vaikuntha planets, are coming from Krsna's Visnu-tattva 4 armed form who plays the part of Krsna's 2 armed Form in His pastimes in the material world.
So clearly, within the temporary material world, it is the Visnu/Narayana expansions of Kṛṣṇa, who play the role of Krsna in His pastimes. We must remember, the original childhood Krsna never leaves the spiritual world.
Srila Prabhupada - "The original Lord Kṛṣṇa never leaves Goloka-Vṛndāvana. All the plenary expansions are one and the same Viṣṇu-tattva, and there is no difference in Their potency. (SB, Canto 3 Ch 1 Text 34 Purport)
As said above, when Krsna comes to this material world for His childhood pastimes, it is His 4 armed Visnu-tattva expansion who play's the role of two armed Krsna as the paintings below reveals.
Srila Prabhupada - "Because Kṛṣṇa never leaves Vṛndāvana, all the Forms of Kṛṣṇa that appear elsewhere are His expansions. Vāsudeva is Kṛṣṇa's immediate expansion, so Vāsudeva is not different from Kṛṣṇa. It is to be understood that the Vāsudeva referred to in this verse of Bhagavad-gītā is Baladeva, or Balarāma, because He is the original source of all incarnations and thus He is the sole source of Vāsudeva. The immediate expansions of the Lord are called svāṁśa (personal Visnu/Narayana expansions), and there are also expansions called vibhinnāṁśa - separated jiva-tattva (individual jiva-soul) expansions." (BG, Ch 7 Text 2 Purport)
Srila Prabhupada - "Because Mathurā and Vṛndāvana are intimately connected with Kṛṣṇa eternally, it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa never leaves Vṛndāvana (vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya padam ekaṁ na gacchati)." (SB, Canto 3 Ch 1 Text 34 Purport)
Srimad Bhagavatam - "Since that time, the city of Mathurā had been the capital of all the kings of the Yadu dynasty. The city and district of Mathurā are very intimately connected with Kṛṣṇa, for Lord Kṛṣṇa lives there eternally." (SB, Canto 10 Ch 1 Text 28)
Srila Prabhupada - "There are many expansions, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the origin, as confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā. He is like the original candle, from which many thousands and millions of candles are lit. Although any number of candles can be lit, the original candle still retains its identity as the origin. In this way Kṛṣṇa expands Himself into so many forms, and all these expansions are called viṣṇu-tattva. Viṣṇu is a large light, and we are small lights, but all are expansions of Kṛṣṇa." (CC Introduction)
Krsna has four qualities that Visnu/Narayana do not have always, they are the following–
(1) Krsna is the performer of wonderful varieties of pastimes (especially His childhood pastimes).
(2) Krsna is surrounded by devotees endowed with wonderful love of Godhead.
(3) Krsna can attract all living entities all over the universes by playing on His flute.
(4) Krsna has a wonderful excellence of beauty which cannot be rivaled anywhere in the creation.
These four qualities Krsna always has in full, while the Visnu/Narayana forms of God can only partially exhibit them.
(A) Visnu/Narayana expansions of Kṛṣṇa only sometimes exhibited these 4 unique qualities above partially, having only 93.75%
(B) Siva-tattva (Lord Siva and his expansions) have 55 of Krsna's 64 qualities which is 85.938% of Krsna’s attributes
(C) Jiva-tattva (individual jiva-souls) have 50 of Krsna's 64 qualities, which is 78.125% of Krsna’s attributes.
So, there is a difference between Krsna (64 qualities) and his different expansions explained above. Although technically there are only two types of living entities, Visnu-tattva (God) and jiva-tattva (individual independent jiva-souls who can never become God).
Then there is the rare unique category of living entity like Siva-tattva (Lord Siva and his expansions) who is in a league of his own.
1 - Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes has the full 64 qualities = 100%
2 - Visnu/Narayana and the many Visnu-sakti-tattva expansions have 60 of Krsna's 64 qualities which means mathematically they have 93.75% of Krsna’s qualities.
3 - Lord Siva (Siva-tattva) and his many expansions have 55 of Krsna's 64 qualities which is 85.938%.
4 - jiva-tattva, or the individual jiva-souls that includes Brahma and Narada Muni, have 50 of Krsna's 64 qualities which is 78.125%.
Although, Visnu/Narayana can temporarily exhibit all 64 qualities if necessary, (like when Visnu plays the part of Krsna during Krsna lila in the material creation) He mostly only has 60 qualities of Krsna's 64 qualities.
As said above, the original child Krsna never leaves Vṛndāvana in the spiritual world, that is why Krsna's 4 armed Visnu-tattva expansion plays the part of the 2 armed Krsna in the material world.
The full extent of Krsna’s wonderful qualities or attributes are inconceivable.
Here are Krsna’s 64 qualities or attributes–
(1) Beautiful features of the entire body
(2) Marked with all auspicious characteristics
(3) Extremely pleasing
(4) Effulgent
(5) Strong
(6) Ever youthful
(7) Wonderful linguist
(8 Truthful
(9) Talks pleasingly
(10) Fluent
(11) Highly learned
(12) Highly intelligent
(13) Genius
(14) Artistic
(15) Extremely clever
(16) Expert
(17) Grateful
(18) Firmly determined
(19) An expert judge of time and circumstances
(20) Sees and speaks on the authority of Vedas, or scriptures
(21) Pure
(22) Self-controlled
(23) Steadfast
(24) Forbearing
(25) Forgiving
(26) Grave
(27) Self-satisfied
(28) Possessing equilibrium
(29) Magnanimous
(30) Religious
(31) Heroic
(32) Compassionate
(33) Respectful
(34) Gentle
(35) Liberal
(36) Shy
(37) The protector of surrendered souls
(38) Happy
(39) The well-wisher of devotees
(40) Controlled by love
(41) all-auspicious
(42) Most powerful
(43) all-famous
(44) Popular
(45) Partial to devotees
(46) Very attractive to all women
(47) all-worship able
(48) all-opulent
(49) all-honourable
(50) The supreme controller.
(51) Changeless
(52) all-cognizant
(53) Ever fresh
(54) sat-cit-ananda-vigraha (meaning eternity, knowledge, bliss and form) as the eternal bodily spiritual form Kṛṣṇa is. The individual jiva-souls (marginal living entities) in their original full potential are also in the image of Krsna's spiritual Bodily Form.
(55) Possessing all mystic perfections.
(56) He has inconceivable potency.
(57) Uncountable universes generate from His body.
(58) He is the original source of all incarnations.
(59) He is the giver of salvation to the enemies whom He kills.
(60) He is the attractor of liberated souls.
As said above, Krsna has four more qualities not manifested in His Visnu/Narayana form of Godhead are as follows-
(61) He is the performer of wonderful varieties of pastimes (especially His childhood pastimes).
(62) He is surrounded by devotees endowed with wonderful love of Godhead.
(63) He can attract all living entities all over the universes by playing on His flute.
(64) He has a wonderful excellence of beauty which cannot be rivaled anywhere in the creation.
The Absolute Truth is anandamaya (desiring to increase His joy), hence from His original Bodily form Kṛṣṇa expands and becomes many.
These emanations from the Supreme PERSON Krsna are of two categories:
* The "full expansions" of Kṛṣṇa (Visnu-tattva)
* The "separated expansions" of Krsna (the eternal marginal living entities known as the jiva-tattvas or individual jiva-souls).
*And what category is Lord Siva?
Srila Prabhupada - "Lord Śiva is not one of the living entities (Siva is not a jiva-tattva (individual jiva-soul) or Visnu-tattva (Krsna's direct expansion). Siva is in a league of his own, although he is simultaneously more or less, Kṛṣṇa Himself also (a paradox). The example of milk and yogurt is often given in this regard, yogurt is a preparation of milk, but still yogurt cannot be used as milk.
Lord Śiva is an expansion of Kṛṣṇa, but he cannot act as Kṛṣṇa, nor can we derive the spiritual restoration from Lord Śiva that we derive from Kṛṣṇa. Lord Siva is simultaneously one with Kṛṣṇa in purpose with and simultaneously a different personality from Krsna's viṣṇu-tattva expansions.
Due to Siva's voluntary association with māyā, he acts differently from the viṣṇu-tattva expansions, but at the same time he is an expansion of Kṛṣṇa's personal form like all living entities (Visnu-tattva, Siva-tattva, Jiva-tattva [individual jiva-souls]).
This situation is called-
bhedābheda-tattva or acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, which means - "Simultaneously one and different."
The essential difference between Siva and Krsna and Viṣṇu is that Lord Śiva has a connection with material nature, but Viṣṇu or Lord Kṛṣṇa has nothing to do with material nature." (TLC, Ch 8 and CC Madhya 20.308, Purports)
The Lord’s various full and partial expansions, and the Lord Himself simultaneously co-exist, only appearing to manifest under the influence of time.
These full expansions of Krsna are known as Visnu-tattva Forms of God, and they are also the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Visnu-tattva expansion Balarama is Kṛṣṇa’s first expansion and from Him come,
Balarāma,
Pradyumna,
Ramachandra,
Narsingadeva
Visnu,
Narayana,
Maha-Visnu,
Garbhodakashayi Visnu,
Paramatma, etc.
All accept their own role as Godhead in the mood of servitor to the original Supreme Being Lord Krsna.
For example, Visnu/Narayana 4 armed Forms have unlimited names found throughout the Vaikuntha planets in the spiritual world
Lord Krsna possesses 3 "living entity expansions"* (anti-matter) known as His Visnu-tattva expansions, Siva-tattva expansion (the mysterious Lord Siva) and jiva-tattva expansions (the individual jiva-souls).
There are also three represents the Absolute Person that include both matter and anti-matter:
1 - Internal energies - Visnu-"sakti"-tattva, internal potency (living energy as individual persòķons headed by Srimati Radharani (sakti means the energies of Krsna that is represented as different categories of living entities mentioned here.
2 - External energies - (mahat-tattva or dead material energy) [matter]
3 - Marginal energies - (jiva-tattva or individual jiva-souls who are Krsna’s separated individual units [anti-matter] of spiritual energy).
NOTE: In Srimad Bhagavatam and all other Vedic teachings, unlike modern mundane scientific nonsense version of the meaning of anti-matter, spiritual "anti-matter" is "living energy" expressed as an unlimited "collective" of individual living entities (individual spiritual units of living anti-matter) beginning with Krsna, and including His Visnu-tattva expansions, His unique Siva-tattva expansion, and His separated individual jiva-soul expansions.
However, unlike the separated jiva-souls who are eternally individual persons, Krsna and His Visnu-tattva expansions are eternally simultaneously an individual Person, and one with everything that there is.
Anti-matter: is a collective of individual spiritual individual life (personalism)
Matter: is dead "all-pervasive" material energy devoid of life (impersonalism)
As explained above, Krsna has expanded Himself as Lord Siva who is in a league of his own with 85.938% of Krsna's qualities, this means Siva has 55 of Krsna's 64 qualities.
Lord Brahma is also jiva-tattva or individual jiva-soul (marginal living entity) with 78.125% of Krsna's qualities.
We are also individual jiva-souls (marginal living entities) expansions of Kṛṣṇa.
1 - As said above, Lord Siva is neither Visnu-tattva (God) or jiva-tattva (individual jiva-soul), he is in a league of his own but eternally simultaneously dependent on Krsna and His all-pervasive creative energy.
2 - Lord Visnu/Narayana is Visnu-tattva who are almost Kṛṣṇa (God).
3 - Visnu-tattva, Siva-tattva and jiva-tattva (individual jiva-souls) are all expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes.
4 - The individual jiva-souls are "separated expansions" with their own unique distinctive personality and character and free will.
A repeat summary of the qualities of each living entity in their category are as follows-
1 - Lord Krsna has 64 qualities or 100% of His own qualities.
2 - Visnu-tattva expansions of Kṛṣṇa are almost God.
The Visnu-"sakti"-tattva expansions of Krsna are Krsna’s internal potency, headed by Radharani.
Radharani is non-different from Krsna being His expansion (Krsna divided Himself into two) however, Her unlimited associates and expansions only have a maximum of 60 qualities of Krsna's 64 attributes which is 93.75%.
3 - Siva-tattva has 55 qualities which is 85.938% of Krsna's 64 qualities.
4 - Jiva-tattva (individual jiva-soul) has 50 qualities or 78.125% of Krsna's 64 qualities.
This is the reason why Krsna is called Param Purushottam, Purnavatar or Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Learned scholars in transcendental subjects have carefully analyzed the summum bonum Krsna to have sixty-four principal attributes.
All the expansions or categories of the Lord possess only some percentages of these attributes. But Sri Krsna is the possessor of all the attributes cent percent.
And His personal expansions such as svayam-prakasa, tad-ekatma up to the categories of the avataras who are all Visnu-tattva.
In the conditioned state of material existence, the living being only possesses these attributes mentioned above in very minute quantity, varying in terms of the pious life of the living being.
Most life in the material world is the lower species (8 million species) where there is no free will and only the animalistic instinct urges of-
eating,
sleeping,
mating,
defending.
The most perfect marginal living entity (individual jiva-soul) is Brahma, the managing administrator of each individual universe.
All other demigods have the same attributes in less quantity, whereas human beings in the material world possess the attributes in very minute quantity as said above
There are 8 million 400 thousand species of life, 8 million of them have no free will while trapped in the lower species of individual life. 400 thousand are various human species where free will is variegated depending on the advancement of the humam species.
The marginal living entities or individual jiva-souls can never possess attributes like Siva, Visnu or Lord Krsna.
The individual jiva-souls can become godly by developing their full potential but can never become a God like Krsna or Visnu or an advanced living being like Siva.
As said above, the individual jiva-souls can become a Brahma in due course.
The godly individual living beings who are all residents of the Vaikuntha planets in the spiritual sky, are eternal associates of Visnu in different spiritual planets called Hari-dhama and Mahesa-dhama.
However, the abode of Lord Krsna is above the Vaikuntha planets and is called Krsnaloka or Goloka Vrndavana.
The perfected individual jiva-soul can enter the planet of Krsnaloka (Goloka Vrindavana), or the Vaikuntha planets after leaving their present temporary material bodily vessel in the material world.
The fallen individual jiva-souls in the material world, can again reach there full potential in the spiritual worlds of the Vaikuntha planets and Goloka Vrindavana.
The individual jiva-souls trapped in the material, can again enter the planet of Krsnaloka (Goloka Vrindavana), or a Vaikuṇṭha planet of their choice after leaving their present decaying material bodily vessel.=^^=.
