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Krṣṇa,  the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Krṣṇa descends in this material world just to protect the pious and destroy the impious. That is His vow. The demigods could understand that the Lord had taken His residence within the womb of Devakī in order to fulfill this vow. The demigods were very glad that the Lord was appearing to fulfill His mission, and they addressed Him as  satyam param , or the Supreme Absolute Truth.
Everyone is searching after the truth. That is the philosophical way of life. The demigods give information that the Supreme Absolute Truth is Krṣṇa. One who becomes fully Krṣṇa conscious can attain the Absolute Truth. Krṣṇa is the Absolute Truth. Relative truth is not truth in all the three phases of eternal time. Time is divided into past, present and future. Krṣṇa is Truth always, past, present and future. In the material world everything is being controlled by supreme time, in the course of past, present and future. But before the creation, Krṣṇa was existing, and when there is creation, everything is resting in Krṣṇa, and when this creation is finished, Krṣṇa will remain. Therefore, He is Absolute Truth in all circumstances. If there is any truth within this material world, it emanates from the Supreme Truth, Krṣṇa. If there is any opulence within this material world, the cause of the opulence is Krṣṇa. If there is any reputation within this material world, the cause of the reputation is Krṣṇa. If there is any strength within this material world, the cause of such strength is Krṣṇa. If there is any wisdom and education within this material world, the cause of such wisdom and education is Krṣṇa. Therefore Krṣṇa is the source of all relative truths.
This material world is composed of five principal elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether, and all such elements are emanations from Krṣṇa. The material scientists accept these primary five elements as the cause of material manifestation, but the elements in their gross and subtle states are produced by Krṣṇa. The living entities who are working within this material world are also products of His marginal potency. In the Seventh Chapter of the  Bhagavad-gūtā , it is clearly stated that the whole manifestation is a combination of two kinds of energies of Krṣṇa, the superior energy and the inferior energy. The living entities are the superior energy, and the dead material elements are His inferior energy. In its dormant stage, everything remains in Krṣṇa.
The demigods continued to offer their respectful prayers unto the supreme form of the Personality of Godhead, Krṣṇa, by analytical study of the material manifestation. What is this material manifestation? It is just like a tree. A tree stands on the ground. Similarly, the tree of the material manifestation is standing on the ground of material nature. This material