2 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

sonality of Godhead, Ksirodakasay1-Visnu. Because He is lying on the
ocean of milk, He is called Ksirodakasayi-Visnu. He is the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead, through whom all the incarnations within this universe
appear.

After all the demigods offered the Purusa-sitkta prayer to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, they apparently heard no response. Then Lord
Brahma personally sat in meditation, and there was a message-transmission
from Lord Visnu to Brahma. Brahma then broadcast the message to the
demigods. That is the system of receiving Vedic knowledge. The Vedic
knowledge is received first by Brahma from the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, through the medium of the heart. As stated in the beginning of
Srimad-Bhagavatam, tene brahma hrda: the transcendental knowledge of
the Vedas was transmitted to Lord Brahma through the heart. Here also,
in the same way, only Brahma could understand the message transmitted
by Lord Visnu, and he broadcast it to the demigods for their immediate
action. The message was: the Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear
on the earth very soon along with His supreme powerful potencies, and as
long as He remains on the earth planet to execute His mission of annihi-
lating the demons and establishing the devotees, the demigods should also
remain there to assist Him. They should all immediately take birth in the
family of the Yadu dynasty, wherein the Lord will also appear in due
course of time.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Krsna, personally ap-
peared as the son of Vasudeva. Before He appeared, all the demigods,
along with their wives, appeared in different pious families in the world
just to assist the Lord in executing His mission. The exact word used here
is tatpriyartham, which means the demigods should appear on the earth in
order to please the Lord. In other words, any living entity who lives only
to satisfy the Lord is a demigod. The demigods were further informed that
the plenary portion of Lord Krsna, Ananta, who is maintaining the uni-
versal planets by extending his millions of hoods, would also appear on
earth before Lord Krsna’s appearance. They were also informed that the
external potency of Visnu (maya), with whom all the conditioned souls
are enamoured, would also appear just to execute the purpose of the
Supreme Lord.

After instructing and pacifying all the demigods, as well as Bhiimi, with
sweet words, Lord Brahma, the father of all prajapatis, or progenitors of
universal population, departed for his own abode, the highest material
planet, called Brahmaloka.

The leader of the Yadu dynasty, King Siirasena, was ruling over the
