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The Island of Jambūdvīpa
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means  nirnīścayena aham .  Niraham  does not mean that the Supreme Lord has no identity. Rather, the stress given by the word  aham  proves strongly that He does have His personal identity because  nir  not only means “negative” but also means “strong ascertainment.”
TEXT 5
मत्यवितारस्त्वह मर्त्यशिक्षणं 
    रक्षोवधायैव न केवलं विमोः । 
    कुतोऽन्यथा स्याद्रमतः स्व आत्मनः 
    सीताकृतानि व्यसनानीश्वरस्य ॥ ५ ॥
martyāvatāras tv iha martya-śikṣaṇam 
    rakṣo-vadhāyaiva na kevalam vibhoḥ 
    kuto 'nyathā syād ramataḥ sva ātmanaḥ 
    sītā-kṛtāni vyasanānīśvarasya
martya —as a human being;  avatāraḥ —whose incarnation;  tu —however;  iha —in the material world;  martya-śikṣaṇam —for teaching all the living entities, especially human beings;  rakṣaḥ-vadhāya —to kill the demon Rāvaṇa;  eva —certainly;  na —not;  kevalam —only;  vibhoḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  kutaḥ —from where;  anyathā —otherwise;  syāt —there would be;  ramataḥ —of one enjoying;  sve —in Himself;  ātmanaḥ —the spiritual identity of the universe;  sītā —of the wife of Lord Rāmacandra;  kṛtāni —appearing due to the separation;  vyasanāni —all the miseries;  īśvarasya —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
It was ordained that Rāvaṇa, chief of the Rākṣasas, could not be killed by anyone but a man, and for this reason Lord Rāmacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared in the form of a human being. Lord Rāmacandra’s mission, however, was not only to kill Rāvaṇa but also to teach mortal beings that material happiness centered around sex life or centered around one’s wife is the cause of many miseries. He is the self-sufficient Supreme Personality of Godhead, and nothing is lamentable for Him.