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Krṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations
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spiritual sky, called the  mahat-tattva , is only an insignificant portion of the whole spiritual sky, and within this  mahat-tattva  there are innumerable universes. All these universes are collectively produced by the Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, called also the Mahā-Viṣṇu, who simply throws His glance to impregnate the material sky.
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यस्याम्भसि शयानस्य योगनिद्रां वितन्वतः । नाभिह्रदाम्बुजादासीद्वह्मा विश्वसृजां पतिः ॥ २ ॥
yasyāmbhasi śayānasya yoga-nidrām vitanvataḥ nābhi-hradāmbujād āsīd brahmā viśva-sṛjām patiḥ
yasya—whose; ambhasi—in the water; śayānasya—lying down; yoga-nidrām—sleeping in meditation; vitanvataḥ—ministering; nābhi—navel; hrada—out of the lake; ambujāt—from the lotus; āsīt—was manifested; brahmā—the grandfather of the living beings; viśva—the universe; sṛjām—the engineers; patiḥ—master.
TRANSLATION
A part of the  puruṣa  lies down within the water of the universe, and from the navel lake of His body sprouts a lotus stem, and from the lotus flower atop this stem, Brahmā, the master of all engineers in the universe, becomes manifest.
PURPORT
The first  puruṣa  is the  Kāraṇodakaśāyī  Viṣṇu. From His skinholes innumerable universes have sprung up. In each and every one of them the  puruṣa  enters as the  Garbhodakaśāyī  Viṣṇu. He is lying within half of the universe which is full with the water of His body. And from the navel of  Garbhodakaśāyī  Viṣṇu has sprung up the stem of the lotus flower, the birthplace of Brahmā, who is the father of all living beings and the master of all the demigod engineers engaged in the perfect design and working of the universal order. Within the stem of the lotus there are fourteen divisions of planetary systems, and the earthly planets are situated in the