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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 6]
cessation to His appearance in different forms as incarnations like Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Rāma. Since His incarnations are eternal, the various activities performed by these incarnations are also eternal. The Supreme Personality of Godhead does not appear because He is forced to do so by  karma  like ordinary living entities who are forced to accept a certain type of body. It is to be understood that the Lord's body and activities are all transcendental, being free from the contamination of the material modes of nature. These pastimes are transcendental bliss to the Lord. The word  aparigaṇya-dhāmne  is very significant. There is no limit to the Lord's appearance in different incarnations. All of these incarnations are eternal, blissful and full of knowledge.
TEXT 9
रूपं तवैतत् पुरुषर्षभेज्यं 
  श्रेयोऽर्थिभिर्वैदिकतान्त्रिकेण । 
  योगेन धातः सह नस्त्रिलोकान् 
  पश्याम्यमुष्मिन्नु ह विश्वमूर्तौ ॥ ९ ॥
rūpam tavaitat puruṣarṣabhejyam 
  śreyo 'rthibhir vaidika-tāntrikeṇa 
  yogena dhātaḥ saha nas tri-lokān 
  paśyāmy amuṣminn u ha viśva-mūrtau
rūpam—form; tava—Your; etat—this; puruṣa-ṛṣabha—O best of all personalities; ijyam—worshipable; śreyaḥ—ultimate auspiciousness; arthibhiḥ—by persons who desire; vaidika—under the direction of Vedic instructions; tāntrikeṇa—realized by followers of Tantras, like Nārada-pañcarātra; yogena—by practice of mystic yoga; dhātaḥ—O supreme director; saha—with; naḥ—us (the demigods); tri-lokān—controlling the three worlds; paśyāmi—we see directly; amuṣmin—in You; u—oh; ha—completely manifested; viśva-mūrtau—in You, who have the universal form.
TRANSLATION
O best of persons, O supreme director, those who actually aspire for supreme good fortune worship this form of Your Lordship ac-