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Śrī Īśopaniṣad
Lord is that of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Kṛṣṇa expands Himself by an unlimited number of Forms like Baladeva, Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha, etc.—and all of These are one and the same Personality of Godhead.
Similarly, the  Arcā-vigraha  Which is worshiped in the temples is also an expanded Form of the Lord. By worshiping the  Arcā-vigraha  of the Lord, one can at once approach the Lord, Who accepts the service of the devotee by His omnipotent energy without any reproach. The  Vigraha  of the Lord descends by request of the  ācāryas , the holy teachers, and works exactly in the original way by His omnipotent energy.
Foolish people who have no knowledge of these  mantras  of Śrī Īśopaniṣad, or of any other  Śruti mantras , consider that the  Śrī Vigraha  Who is worshiped by the pure devotees is made of material elements. To the imperfect eyes of the foolish people, or to the  kaniṣṭha adhikaris , this Form is considered material. But such people with little knowledge do not know that the Lord, being omnipotent and omniscient, can transform matter into spirit and spirit into matter, as He desires.
In the  Bhagavad-gītā , the Lord regrets the fallen condition of men with little knowledge, who regard the body of the Lord as material because He descends like a man into this world. Such poorly informed persons do not know the omnipotence of the Lord. To the mental speculators, therefore, the Lord does not manifest Himself in fullness. He can be appreciated only in proportion to one's surrender to Him. And the fallen condition of the living entities is due entirely to forgetfulness of our relationship with God.
In this  mantra , as well as in many others in the  Vedas , it is clearly mentioned: from time immemorial, the Lord is supplying. The living being first of all desires, and then the Lord supplies the object of desire in proportion to the degree of qualification. If a man wants to be a high court judge he must not only have acquired the necessary qualifications, but he must