193 The Nectar of Devotion

Krsna’s inconceivable potencies have been described by Sukadeva
Gosvami as follows: “Krsna is bewildering my intelligence because,
although He is unborn, He has appeared as the son of Nanda Maharaj.
He is all-pervading, but still He is held on the lap of Yasoda. In spite
of His being all-pervasive, He has become limited by the love of
Yasoda. Although He has innumerable forms, still He is moving as
one Krsna before His father and mother, Nanda and Yasoda. In the
Brahma-samhita also it is said that although Krsna is eternally living
in Goloka Vrndavana, His transcendental abode, He is still present
everywhere, even within the atoms.

57. Krsna’s Body Generates Innumerable Universes

In the Tenth Canto, 14th Chapter, 11th verse, of the Srimad-
Bhagavatam, Lord Brahma says, “My dear Lord, false ego, intelli-
gence, mind, sky, air, fire, water and earth are the material in-
gredients of this universe, which can be compared to a gigantic pot. In
that gigantic pot my body is of insignificant measurement, and even
though one of the many universes is created by me, innumerable uni-
verses are coming and going from the pores of Your body, just as
atomic particles are seen flickering in the sunlight. I think I am very,
very insignificant before You, and I am therefore begging Your par-
don. Please be merciful toward me.” .

If one takes account of only one universe, he will find so many
combinations of wonderful things within, because there are innu-
merable planets, innumerable residences and places of demigods. The
length and breadth of the universe is 400 million miles by 400 million
miles, and it is infested with many unfathomable regions known as
patalas, or downward planetary systems. Although Krsna is the origin
of all this, He can always be seen in Vrndavana, exhibiting His incon-
ceivable potencies. So who can adequately worship such an all-
powerful Lord, possessed of such inconceivable energy?

58. The Original Source of All Incarnations

Jayadeva Gosvami, in his Gita-govinda, has sung as follows: ““The
