Text 13] Lord Krṣṇa Shows the Universal Form
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ent within Him. Other incarnations are partial representations of Krṣṇa, who is the full-fledged incarnation of the Supreme Being. It is to be understood that the Supreme Being, whether appearing as  śukla ,  rakta  or  pīta  (white, red or yellow), is the same person. When He appears in different incarnations, He appears in different colors, just like the sunshine, which contains seven colors. Sometimes the colors of sunshine are represented separately; otherwise the sunshine is observed mainly as bright light. The different  avatāras , such as the  manvantara-avatāras ,  lilā-avatāras  and  daśa-avatāras , are all included in the  krṣṇa-avatāra . When Krṣṇa appears, all the  avatāras  appear with Him. As described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3.26):
avatārā hy asaṅkhyeyā hareḥ sattva-nidher dvijāḥ yathāvidāsinaḥ kulyāḥ sarasaḥ syuḥ sahasraśaḥ
The  avatāras  incessantly appear, like incessantly flowing water. No one can count how many waves there are in flowing water, and similarly there is no limitation of the  avatāras . And Krṣṇa is the full representation of all  avatāras  because He is the source of all  avatāras . Krṣṇa is  aṁśī , whereas others are  aṁśa , part of Krṣṇa. All living entities, including us, are  aṁśas  ( mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ ). These  aṁśas  are of different magnitude. Human beings (who are minute  aṁśas ) and the demigods,  viṣṇu-tattva  and all other living beings are all part of the Supreme.  Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānāṁ  ( Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13 ). Krṣṇa is the full representation of all living entities, and when Krṣṇa is present, all  avatāras  are included in Him.
The Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describes the incarnations for each  yuga  in chronological order. The  Bhāgavatam  says,  kṛte śuklaś catur-bāhuḥ, tretāyāṁ rakta-varṇo 'sau, dvāpare bhagavān śyāmaḥ  and  krṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākrṣṇam . We actually see that in Kali-yuga, Bhagavān has appeared in  pīta-varṇa , or a yellow color, as Gaurasundara, although the  Bhāgavatam  speaks of  krṣṇa-varṇam . To adjust all these statements, one should understand that although in some  yugas  some of the colors are prominent, in every  yuga , whenever Krṣṇa appears, all the colors are