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Questions by Vidura
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plenary expansion Aniruddha;  yam —whom;  āmananti —accept;  sma —from yore;  hi —certainly;  śabda-yonim —the cause of the  Ṛg-veda ;  manaḥ-mayam —creator of the mind;  sattva —transcendental;  turīya —the fourth expansion;  tattvam —principle.
TRANSLATION
May I inquire whether Aniruddha is doing well? He is the fulfiller of all the desires of the pure devotees and has been considered from yore to be the cause of the  Ṛg-veda , the creator of the mind and the fourth plenary expansion of Viṣṇu.
PURPORT
Ādi-caturbuja , the original expansions from Baladeva, are Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. All of Them are  Viṣṇu-tattvas  or nondifferent Personalities of Godhead. In the incarnation of Śrī Rāma, all these different expansions appeared for particular pastimes. Lord Rāma is the original Vāsudeva, and His brothers were Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Aniruddha is also the cause of Mahā-Viṣṇu, from whose breathing the  Ṛg-veda  appeared. All this is nicely explained in the  Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa . In the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Aniruddha appeared as the son of the Lord. Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā is the Vāsudeva expansion of the original group. The original Lord Kṛṣṇa never leaves Goloka Vṛndāvana. All the plenary expansions are one and the same  Viṣṇu-tattva , and there is no difference in their potency.
TEXT 35
अपिस्विदन्ये च निजात्मदैव-
मनन्यवृत्त्या समनुव्रता ये।
हृदीकसत्यात्मजचारुदेष्ण-
गदादयः स्वस्ति चरन्ति सौम्य ॥३५॥
api-svid anye ca nijātma daivam
ananya-vṛttyā samanuvratā ye
hṛdīka-satyātmaja-cārudeṣṇa
gadādayaḥ svasti caranti saumya
api —as also;  svit —whether;  anye —others;  ca —and;  nija-ātma —of one's own self;  daivam —Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  ananya —absolutely;  vṛttyā —faith;  samanuvratāḥ —followers;  ye —all those;  hṛdīka —Hṛdīka;  satya-ātmaja —born of