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separated from His existence. In the Vedic injunction we find that the
Supreme Soul or the root cause of everything has to be searched out
because nothing exists independent of the Supreme Soul. Therefore the
material manifestation is also a transformation of His potency. Both inert
matter and the living force—soul—are emanations from Him. Only the
foolish conclude that when the Supreme Lord appears He accepts the
conditions of matter. Even if He appears to have accepted the material
body, He is still not subjected to any material condition. Krsna has there-
fore appeared and defeated all imperfect conclusions about the appearance
and disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

“My Lord, Your appearance, existence and disappearance are beyond
the influence of the material qualities. Because Your Lordship is the
controller of everything and the resting place of the Supreme Brahman,
there is nothing inconceivable or contradictory in You. As You have said,
material nature works under Your superintendence. It is just like govern-
ment officers working under the orders of the chief executive. The
influence of subordinate activities cannot affect You. The Supreme
Brahman and all phenomena are existing within You, and all the activities
of material nature are controlled by Your Lordship.

“You are called suklam. Suklam or ‘whiteness’ is the symbolic represen-
tation of the Absolute Truth because it is unaffected by the material
qualities. Lord Brahma is called rakta, or red, because Brahma represents
the qualities of passion for creation. Darkness is entrusted to Lord Siva
because he annihilates the cosmos. The creation, annihilation and main-
tenance of this cosmic manifestation is conducted by Your potencies, yet
You are always unaffected by those qualities. As confirmed in the Vedas,
Harir hi nirgunah séksat: the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always
free from all material qualities. It is also said that the qualities of passion
and ignorance are nonexistent in the person of the Supreme Lord.

““My Lord, You are the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead,
the supreme great, maintaining the order of this cosmic manifestation. And
in spite of Your being the supreme controller, You have so kindly appeared
inmy home. The purpose of Your appearance is to kill the followers of the
demonic rulers of the world who are in the dress of royal princes but are
actually demons. I am sure that You will kill all of them and their
followers and soldiers.

‘T understand that You have appeared to kill the uncivilized Kamsa and
his followers. But knowing that You were to appear to kill him and his fol-
lowers, he has already killed so many of Your predecessors, elder brothers.
Now he is simply awaiting the news of Your birth. As soon as he hears about
