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Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations
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In the  Bhagavad-gītā  it is confirmed that the transcendental Lord can be perceived only by pure devotional service. So it is confirmed in the  Vedas  that devotional service can lead one to the side of the Lord, and devotional service only can reveal Him. In the  Brahma-saṁhitā  also it is said that the Lord is always visible to the devotees whose eyes have been anointed with the tinge of devotional service. So we have to take information of the transcendental form of the Lord from persons who have actually seen Him with perfect eyes smeared with devotional service. In the material world also we do not always see things with our own eyes, but through the experience of those who have actually seen or done things. If that is the process for experiencing a mundane object, it is more perfectly applicable in matters transcendental. So with patience and perseverance only we can realize the transcendental subject matter regarding the Absolute Truth and His different forms. He is formless to the neophytes, but He is in transcendental form to the expert servitor.
TEXT 5
एतन्नानावताराणां निधानं बीजमन्ययम् । यस्यांशांशेन सृज्यन्ते देवतिर्यङ्नरादयः ॥५॥
etan nānāvatārāṇām nidhānam bījam avyayam yasyāmśāmśena sṛjyante deva-tiryaṅ-narādayaḥ
etat—this (form); nānā—multifarious; avatārāṇām—of the incarnations; nidhānam—source; bījam—seed; avyayam—indestructible; yasya—whose; amśa—plenary portion; amśena—part of the plenary portion; sṛjyante—create; deva—demigods; tiryak—animals; nara-ādayaḥ—human beings and others.
TRANSLATION
This form [the second manifestation of puruṣa] is the source and indestructible seed of multifarious incarnations within the universe, and from the particles and portions of this form, different living entities, like demigods, men and others, are created.