Krishna's Amazing Transcendental Form
There is truly no one more amazing and more beautiful than Krishna. This was realized by Lord Brahma, who by dint of his searching self-consciousness become well acquainted with the ocean of truth and wrote the Brahma-samhita. The 32nd verse of chapter five of the Brahma-samhita is as follows:
aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti
paśyanti pānti kalayanti ciraṁ jaganti
ānanda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses in Himself, the full-fledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane."
Brahma-Samhita 5.32
There is no other form like the form of Krishna. Each of the limbs of His transcendental body is fully cognizant and manifests infinite spiritual and mundane universes. This is inconceivably sublime.
I regularly go to an ISKCON center in Mauritius, but I have never dared to ask a question that keeps coming to my insignificant mind and troubles me a lot. Please give me your blessing by clearing my doubts.
How to explain that Krishna is the origin of all and everything and yet He has no origin? The fact that Krishna is origin of all can be easily understood, but that Krishna has no origin is difficult to grasp because of our material education .
Please help me to understand this.
Your obedient servant.
Ravi Sewnundun
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti
paśyanti pānti kalayanti ciraṁ jaganti
ānanda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses in Himself, the full-fledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane."
Brahma-Samhita 5.32
There is no other form like the form of Krishna. Each of the limbs of His transcendental body is fully cognizant and manifests infinite spiritual and mundane universes. This is inconceivably sublime.
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Question: How Can Krishna Have No Origin?
Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances.I regularly go to an ISKCON center in Mauritius, but I have never dared to ask a question that keeps coming to my insignificant mind and troubles me a lot. Please give me your blessing by clearing my doubts.
How to explain that Krishna is the origin of all and everything and yet He has no origin? The fact that Krishna is origin of all can be easily understood, but that Krishna has no origin is difficult to grasp because of our material education .
Please help me to understand this.
Your obedient servant.
Ravi Sewnundun
Answer: He is the Origin of Himself
Actually Krishna does have an origin, and that origin is He Himself. In other words, He is self-manifested. Since He is the origin of all, He must necessarily also be the origin of Himself. If something else were Krishna’s origin, then He would not be the origin of all.Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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