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Krṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations
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nothing to do, and no one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the verdict of the  Vedas .
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यस्यावयवसंस्थानैः कल्पितो लोकविस्तरः । तद्वै भगवतो रूपं विशुद्धं सत्त्वमूर्जितम् ॥ ३ ॥
yasyāvayava-saṁsthānaiḥ kalpito loka-vistaraḥ tadvai bhagavato rūpaṁ viśuddhaṁ sattvam ūrjitam
yasya—whose; avayava—bodily expansion; saṁsthānaiḥ—situated in; kalpitaḥ—is imagined; loka—planets of inhabitants; vistaraḥ—various; tat vai—but that is; bhagavataḥ—of the Personality of Godhead; rūpam—form; viśuddham—purely; sattvam—existence; ūrjitam—excellence.
TRANSLATION
It is believed that all the universal planetary systems are situated on the extensive body of the puruṣa, but He has nothing to do with the created material ingredients. His body is eternally in spiritual existence par excellence.
PURPORT
The conception of the  virāṭa-rūpa  or  viśva-rūpa  of the Supreme Absolute Truth is especially meant for the neophyte who can hardly think of the transcendental form of the Personality of Godhead. To him a form means something of this material world, and therefore an opposite conception of the Absolute is necessary in the beginning to concentrate the mind on the power extension of the Lord. As stated above, the Lord extends His potency in the form of the  mahat-tattva , which includes all material ingredients. The extension of power by the Lord and the Lord Himself personally are one in one sense, but at the same time the  mahat-tattva  is different from the Lord. Therefore the potency of the Lord and the Lord are simultaneously different and nondifferent. The conception of the  virāṭa-rūpa , especially for the impersonalist, is thus nondifferent from the eternal form of the Lord. This eternal form of the Lord exists prior to the