334 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

the Harivamsa when Krsna says, “aharm sah.” The brahmajyoti is a com-
bination of the minute particles known as spiritual sparks, or the living
entities known as citkana. The Vedic word so’ham, or “‘I am the brahma-
jyoti,”’ can also be applied to the living entities, who can also claim to
belong to the brahmajyoti. In the Harivaméa, Krsna further explains, ‘““This
brahmajyoti is an expansion of My spiritual energy.”

Krsna told Arjuna, “The brahmajyoti is beyond the region of My ex-
ternal energy, known as mdaya-sakti. When one is situated within this
material world, it is not possible for him to experience this Brahman
effulgence. Therefore, in the material world this effulgence is not mani-
fested, whereas in the spiritual world, it is manifested. That is the purport
of the words vyakta-avyakta. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said avyakto-
‘vyaktat sanatanah: both these energies are eternally manifested.

After this, Lord Krsna and Arjuna entered a vast extensive spiritual
water. This spiritual water is called the Karanarnava Ocean or Viraja which
means that this ocean is the origin of the creation of the material world.
In the Mrtyufijaya Tantra, a Vedic literature, there is a vivid description
of this Karana Ocean, or Viraja. It is stated there that the highest planetary
system within the material world is Satyaloka, or Brahmaloka. Beyond
that there are Rudraloka and Maha-Visnuloka. Regarding this Maha-
Visnuloka, it is stated in the Brahma-samhita, yah karanarnava-jale
bhajati sma yoga: “Lord Maha-Visnu is lying in the Karana Ocean. When
He exhales, innumerable universes come into existence, and when He
inhales, innumerable universes enter within Him.” In this way, the mate-
rial creation is generated and again withdrawn. When Lord Krsna and
Arjuna entered the water, it appeared that there was a strong hurricane of
transcendental effulgence brewing, and the water of the Karana Ocean
was greatly agitated. By the grace of Lord Krsna, Arjuna had the unique
experience of being able to see the very beautiful Karana Ocean.

Accompanied by Krsna, Arjuna saw a large palace within the water.
There were many thousands of pillars and columns made of valuable
jewels, and the glaring effulgence of those columns was so beautiful that
Arjuna became charmed by it. Within that palace, Arjuna and Krsna saw
the gigantic form of Anantadeva, who is also known as Sesa. Lord Ananta-
deva or Sesanaga was in the form of a great serpent with thousands of
hoods, and each one of them was decorated with valuable, effulgent jewels,
which were beautifully dazzling. Each of Anantadeva’s hoods had two
eyes which appeared to be very fearful. His body was as white as the
mountaintop of Kailasa, which is always covered by snow. His neck was
bluish, as were His tongues. Thus Arjuna saw the Sesanaga form, and he
