Ādi-līlā, Chapter 2
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PURPORT
Nārāyaṇa is identical to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. They are in fact the same person manifested differently, like a high court judge who is differently situated in his office and at home. As Nārāyaṇa the Lord is manifested with four hands, but as Kṛṣṇa He is manifested with two hands.
TEXT 30
नारायणश्च न हि सर्वदेहिना- 
    मायाम्राज्ञीभाषिललोकसाक्ती । 
    नारायणेष्टिक्ष नरकृच्छलायना- 
    शुक्तापि सत्ता न त्वेव माया ॥ ७० ॥
nārāyaṇas tvaṁ na hi sarva-dehinām 
    ātmāsy adhīśākhila-loka-sākṣī 
    nārāyaṇo 'ṅgaṁ nara-bhū-jalāyanāt 
    tac cāpi satyaṁ na tavaiva māyā
SYNONYMS
nārāyaṇaḥ —Lord Nārāyaṇa;  tvaṁ —You;  na —not;  hi —certainly;  sarva —all;  dehinām —of the embodied beings;  ātmā —the Supersoul;  asi —You are;  adhīśa —O Lord;  akhila-loka —of all the worlds;  sākṣī —the witness;  nārāyaṇaḥ —known as Nārāyaṇa;  aṅgaṁ —plenary portion;  nara —of Nara;  bhū —born;  jala —in the water;  ayanāt —due to the place of refuge;  tat —that;  ca —and;  api —certainly;  satyaṁ —highest truth;  na —not;  tava —Your;  eva —at all;  māyā —the illusory energy.
TRANSLATION
“O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are indeed everyone’s dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my father, Nārāyana? Nārāyana refers to one whose abode is in the water born from Nara, and that Nārāyana is Your plenary portion. All Your plenary portions are transcendental. They are absolute and are not creations of māyā.”
PURPORT
This statement, which is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.14), was spoken by Lord Brahmā in his prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa after the Lord defeated him by displaying His mystic powers. Brahmā had tried to test Lord Kṛṣṇa to see if He were really the Supreme Personality of Godhead playing as a cowherd boy. Brahmā stole all the other boys and their cows from the pasturing grounds, but when he returned to the pastures he saw that all the boys and cows were still there, for Lord Kṛṣṇa had created them all again. When Brahmā saw this mystic power of Lord Kṛṣṇa, he