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The Birth of Lord Krṣṇa
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everything. Lord Krṣṇa says in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (10.8),  ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate : “I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.” Krṣṇa, therefore, is the original cause of everything ( sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam ). When Viṣṇu expands in His all-pervading aspect, we should understand Him to be the  nirākāra-nirviśeṣa-brahmajyoti .
Although everything emanates from Krṣṇa, He is ultimately a person.  Aham ādir hi devānām : He is the origin of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, and from them many other demigods are manifested. Krṣṇa therefore says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (14.27),  brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham : “Brahman rests upon Me.” The Lord also says:
ye 'py anya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ te 'pi mām eva kaunteya yajanty avidhi-pūrvakam
“Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunti, is really meant for Me alone, but it is offered without true understanding.” (Bg. 9.23) There are many persons who worship different demigods, considering all of them to be separate gods, which in fact they are not. The fact is that every demigod, and every living entity, is part and parcel of Krṣṇa ( mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ ). The demigods are also in the category of living entities; they are not separate gods. But men whose knowledge is immature and contaminated by the modes of material nature worship various demigods, according to their intelligence. Therefore they are rebuked in  Bhagavad-gītā  ( kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ ). Because they are unintelligent and not very advanced and have not properly considered the truth, they take to the worship of various demigods or speculate according to various philosophies, such as the Māyāvāda philosophy.
Krṣṇa, Viṣṇu, is the actual origin of everything. As stated in the  Vedas ,  yasya bhāṣā sarvam idaṁ vibhāti . The Absolute Truth is described later in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (10.28.15) as  satyaṁ jñānam anantam yad brahma-jyotiḥ sānatanam . The  brahmajyoti  is  sanātana , eternal, yet it is dependent on Krṣṇa ( brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham ). The