BY: SUN STAFF
Jun 20, CANADA (SUN) —
Sri Krsna-sandarbha
by Srila Jiva Goswami
Anuccheda 92
1 That the various incarnations of Godhead appear within the body of Lord Krsna gives us the key to properly understand the following verse spoken by Lord Krsna to Yogamaya (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.9):
“O all-auspicious Yogamaya, accompanied by My plenary expansions, I shall then appear as the son of Devaki, and you will appear as the daughter of mother Yasoda, the queen of Maharaja Nanda.”
In this verse the word ‘amsa-bhagena’ means ‘with some of My plenary expansions.’ The word ‘prapsyami’ (I shall become the son of Devaki) shows us the Lord’s plan for performing pastimes in the material world.
When Lord Krsna appears in the material world, all the yuga-avataras also appear within His body. This is confirmed in the following statement of Gargacarya in Srimad Bhagavatam (10.8.13):
2 “Your son Krsna appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past, He assumed three different colours - white, red and yellow - and now He has appeared in a blackish colour. (In another Dvapara-yuga, He appeared (as Lord Ramacandra) in colour of suka, a parrot. All such incarnations have now assembled in Krsna).”*
3 This verse may be paraphrased in the following way: “Your son Krsna appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past He assumed three different colours - white, red and yellow - and now He has appeared in a blackish colour. In another Dvapara-yuga He appeared (as Lord Ramacandra) in the colour of suka, a parrot. All such incarnations have now assembled in Krsna.”*
Because the Original Personality of Godhead has a blackish complexion (Krsna), and because He is all-attractive (Krsna), He is therefore known as “Krsna”.
In the course of describing the worship of the yuga-avataras, Karabhajana Muni gives the following description of Lord Krsna (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.27-29):
4 In the Dvapara-yuga the Personality of Godhead appears in a blackish hue. He is dressed in yellow, He holds His own weapons, and He is decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and marks of Srivatsa. This is how His symptoms are described.*
5 “O king, following the Vedas and Tantras, seekers of the truth worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who then appears as a great king.
6 “I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expanded as Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.”*
7 In the verses Karabhajana Muni describes (maharajopalaksanam) the appearance in the Dvapara-yuga of Lord Krsna, who was crowned king of Dvaraka (Hari-vamsa, Visnu-parva, Chapter 50), and who remained in Dvaraka with His catur-vyuha expansions. The verse under discussion (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.13, quoted in Text 2) was spoken by Gargacarya to Nanda Maharaja.
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