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Api devarshina adistah sa kalo ayam upastithah
Yada atmano angam akridam bhagawan utsisrikshati.
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Api—whether, Devarshina—by the demigod saint (Narada) Adistah—instructed, Sa—that, Kalo—eternal time, Ayam—this, Upasthitam—arrived, Yada—when, Atmano—of His ownself, Angam—plenary portion, Akridam—manifestation, Bhagawan—the personality of Godhead, Utsisrikshati—is going to quit it off.
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Is He going to quit off His earthly pastimes as it was indicated by Devarshi Narada? Is that time already arrived?
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As we have discussed many times the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna has many plenary expansions and each and everyone of them although equally powerful each one of them executes different function in the category of the Supreme Lord. In the Bhagwat Geeta we have different statements by the Lord and each of such statements are meant for different plenary portions or portion of the plenary portions. For example Sri Krishna the Lord says in the Bhagwat Geeta as follows:
#$p#"Oh Arjuna, whenever there is indecipline in the matter of occupational duties of the mankind and corruption rampant all over the world, I do incarnate Myself at that time" (B.G. 4/7)
#$p#"For deliverance of the faithful and for annihilation of the miscreants as also for re-establishing the fundamental principles of occupational duties I do appear in every age" (B.G. 7/8)
#$p#"If I do not examplify the modes of normal activities of the mankind by My own activities then all the human kind will be misdirected and by doing so certainly I shall be the cause of unwanted rise of population." (B.G. 3/24).
#$p#"Acts which are executed by the leaders of society are imitated by ordinary members. Whatever is accepted as the standard of action by the leaders naturally the followers adopt them." (B.G. 3/21)
#$p#All the above statements of the Lord are meant for different plenary portions of the Lord namely His expansions like Samkarsana, Vasudeva, Pradyumna, Aniruddhya, Narayana, etc. All these expansions are He Himself by different transcendental expansions and still the Lord as Shri Krishna functions in a different sphere of transcendental mellows by exchange of different grades of devotees. And yet Lord Krishna as He is appears once in the day of Brahma (or after a lapse of 8640000000 crores of solar years) in each and every universe and all His transcendental pastimes are displayed in each and every universe in a routine spool. But in that routine spool the functions of Lord Krishna, Lord Vasudeva etc all are complex problems of understanding for layman. There is no difference between the Lord's self and the Lord's transcendental body and the expansions executing differential activities. When the Lord however appears in His Person as Lord Sri Krishna, His other plenary portions also join in Him by His inconceivable potency called Yogamaya and as such Lord Krishna of Vrindaban is different from the Lord Krishna of Mathura or that of Lord Krishna of Dwarka. The Virata Rupa of Lord Krishna is also different from Him by His inconceivable potency. The Virata Rupa exhibited in the battlefield of Kurukshetra is the material conception of His Form. Therefore when Lord Krishna was apparently killed by the bow and arrow of the hunter it should be understood that the Lord left His so called Material body in the material world. The Lord is Kaivalaya and for Him there is no difference of matter and spirit because everything is created from Him. Therefore His quiting one sort of body or acceptance of another body does not mean it is like the ordinary living being. All such differential activities are simultaneously one and different by His inconceivable potency. When Maharaj Yudhisthira was lamenting by apprehension of His disappearance it was just in pursuance of a custom lamenting the disappearance of a great friend but factually the Lord never quits His transcendental body as it is misconceived by less intelligent persons. Such less intelligent persons have been condemned by the Lord Himself in the Bhagwat Geeta and they are known as the Mudhas. The commitment of this particular verse that the Lord left His body means that He left again His plenary portions in the respective Dhamas (transcendental abodes) as He left His Virata Rupa in the material world.
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#dl##dd#api devarṣiṇādiṣṭaḥ#/dd#
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#dd#yadātmano 'ṅgam ākrīḍaṁ#/dd#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#api#/i# — whether; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=deva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#deva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ṛṣiṇā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ṛṣiṇā#/i# — by the demigod-saint (Nārada); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādiṣṭaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ādiṣṭaḥ#/i# — instructed; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saḥ#/i# — that; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kālaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kālaḥ#/i# — eternal time; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ayam#/i# — this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=upasthitaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#upasthitaḥ#/i# — arrived; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yadā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yadā#/i# — when; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmanaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmanaḥ#/i# — of His own self; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aṅgam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aṅgam#/i# — plenary portion; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ākrīḍam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ākrīḍam#/i# — manifestation; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhagavān&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhagavān#/i# — the Personality of Godhead; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=utsisṛkṣati&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#utsisṛkṣati#/i# — is going to quit.
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Is He going to quit His earthly pastimes, as Devarṣi Nārada indicated? Has that time already arrived?
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As we have discussed many times, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa has many plenary expansions, and each and every one of them, although equally powerful, executes different functions. In #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# there are different statements by the Lord, and each of these statements is meant for different plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions. For example, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord, says in #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i#:
#$p#"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself." (BG 4.7)
#$p#"To deliver the faithful, to annihilate the miscreants and also to reestablish the principles of occupational duty, I appear in every age." (BG 4.8)
#$p#"If I should cease to work, then all humanity would be misdirected. I would also be the cause of creating unwanted population, and I would thereby destroy the peace of all sentient beings." (BG 3.24)
#$p#"Whatever action a great man performs, common men will follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." (BG 3.21)
#$p#All the above statements by the Lord apply to different plenary portions of the Lord, namely His expansions such as Saṅkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Nārāyaṇa. These are all He Himself in different transcendental expansions, and still the Lord as Śrī Kṛṣṇa functions in a different sphere of transcendental exchange with different grades of devotees. And yet Lord Kṛṣṇa as He is appears once every twenty-four hours of Brahmā's time (or after a lapse of 8,640,000,000 solar years) in each and every universe, and all His transcendental pastimes are displayed in each and every universe in a routine spool. But in that routine spool the functions of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord Vāsudeva, etc., are complex problems for the layman. There is no difference between the Lord's Self and the Lord's transcendental body. The expansions execute differential activities. When the Lord, however, appears in His person as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, His other plenary portions also join in Him by His inconceivable potency called #i#yogamāyā#/i#, and thus the Lord Kṛṣṇa of Vṛndāvana is different from the Lord Kṛṣṇa of Mathurā or the Lord Kṛṣṇa of Dvārakā. The #i#virāṭ-rūpa#/i# of Lord Kṛṣṇa is also different from Him, by His inconceivable potency. The #i#virāṭ-rūpa#/i# exhibited on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra is the material conception of His form. Therefore it should be understood that when Lord Kṛṣṇa was apparently killed by the bow and arrow of the hunter, the Lord left His so-called material body in the material world. The Lord is kaivalya, and for Him there is no difference between matter and spirit because everything is created from Him. Therefore His quitting one sort of body or accepting another body does not mean that He is like the ordinary living being. All such activities are simultaneously one and different by His inconceivable potency. When Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was lamenting the possibility of His disappearance, it was just in pursuance of a custom of lamenting the disappearance of a great friend, but factually the Lord never quits His transcendental body, as is misconceived by less intelligent persons. Such less intelligent persons have been condemned by the Lord Himself in #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i#, and they are known as the #i#mūḍhas#/i#. That the Lord left His body means that He left again His plenary portions in the respective #i#dhāmas#/i# (transcendental abodes), as He left His #i#virāṭ-rūpa#/i# in the material world.
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