BY: SUN STAFF
Jun 25, CANADA (SUN) —
Sri Krsna-sandarbha
by Srila Jiva Goswami
Sarva-samvadini Comment - Part 3
20 That the forms of Lord Krsna and His plenary expansions are eternal, and not limited to the time of their temporary appearance in the material world, is confirmed in the following verses from Tantra-bhagavata quoted in Sripada Madhvacarya’s commentary on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.1:
“It appears that the forms of Lord Krsna, Rama, and the purusa-avataras appear at a certain time and then again, after a certain time they cease to exists. Actually these forms of the Lord are all eternal and unchanging, and they are the controllers of the ignorance that covers their actual nature and convinces the conditioned souls that the Supreme Lord is born at a certain time, and then again dies at a certain time. The appearance and disappearance of the Lord is only with reference to the material world, for the Lord is eternally manifest in the spiritual world.”
21 That the Supreme Personality of Godhead is both eternal and all-pervading is described by Sridhara Svami in his commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.12.11):
“This verse describes how Lord Krsna was manifest before Pariksit and then again, disappeared form his sight. It is not however, that Lord Krsna was present before King Pariksit, and then He travelled to another place. The Lord is simultaneously present everywhere. Sometimes He is visible, and sometimes not. This is the actual meaning of the word ‘vibhuh’ (all powerful) used in this verse.”
22 That all the forms of the Personality of Godhead are eternal is confirmed by the following passage from the Catur-veda-sikha, quoted in the commentary of Sripada Madhvacarya:
“The Personality of Godhead said: I appear as Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Nrsimha, Vamana, Parasurama, Ramacandra, Balarama, Krsna, Buddha and Kalki. I appear in hundreds and thousands of forms. All these forms of Mine are unlimited and immeasurable. They are never born, and neither do they ever die. Because they are never bound by the ignorance of material existence, they are always liberated, and therefore the prospect of their becoming liberated at a future time is meaningless. They are perfect, complete , full of transcendental bliss, and always free of old-age and death.”
23 The eternality of the Lord’s form is also confirmed in the following quotations from Vedic literature:
“Millennium after millennium Lord Visnu manifests His eternal form within this material world, killing the demons and protecting the devotees.”
Nrsimha Purana
The form of Lord Nrsimha is eternal”
Commentary on the Nrsimha tapani Upanisad
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in the eternal, transcendental form of Lord Nrsimha.”
Sruti-sastra
24 In the Brahma Purana, the Uttara-khanda of the Padma Purana and many other Vedic literatures, many verses explain that Lord Matsya and the other transcendental forms of Personality of Godhead are eternally manifested in the spiritual world of Vaikuntha.
For example, it is said in the Narayana-varma prayers:
“May the eternal form of the Lord Matsya protect me when I am in the water.”
26 From all this evidence we may conclude that the form of Lord Krsna, the Original Personality of Godhead, is eternal. To consider the Lord’s form a temporary material manifestation is a grievous sin for the living entities, and to dispel the illusion that is the cause of this sin, and thus enlighten the living entities about the truth that Lord Krsna is the supreme object of worship, Sukadeva Gosvami glorified the Lord in the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.4.20):
27 “May Lord Sri Krsna, who is the worshipable Lord of all the devotees, the protector and glory of all kings like Andhaka and Vrsni of the Yadu dynasty, the husband of all goddesses of fortune, the director of all sacrifices and therefore the leader of all living entities, the controller of all intelligence, the proprietor of all planets, spiritual and material, and the supreme incarnation on the earth (the supreme all in all) be merciful upon me.”*
The meaning of this verse is clear.
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