Learning the Science of the Soul 19

Parasara Muni, a great sage and the father of Vyasadeva, who compiled
all the Vedic literatures, gave the following definition of God:

aisSvaryasya samagrasya
viryasya yaSasah sriyah
jftana-vairdgyayos caiva
sannam bhaga itiigana
[Visnu Purana 6.5.47)

Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is thus defined by
Parasara Muni as one who is full in six opulences—who has full strength,
fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty, and renunciation.

Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the proprietor of all
riches. There are many rich men in the world, but no one can claim that
he possesses all the wealth. Nor can anyone claim that no one is richer
than he. We understand from the Srimad-Bhdgavatam, however, that
when Krsna was present on this earth He had 16,108 wives, and each
wife lived in a palace made of marble and bedecked with jewels. The
rooms were filled with furniture made of ivory and gold, and there was
great opulence everywhere. These descriptions are all given vividly in the
Srimad-Bhagavatam. In the history of human society we cannot find any-
one who had sixteen thousand wives or sixteen thousand palaces. Nor
did Krsna go to one wife one day and another wife another day. No, He
was personally present in every palace at the same time. This means that
He expanded Himself in 16,108 forms. This is impossible for an ordinary
man, but it is not very difficult for God. If God is unlimited, He can ex-
pand Himself in unlimited forms, otherwise there is no meaning to the
word ‘‘unlimited.’’ God is omnipotent; He can maintain not only sixteen
thousand wives but sixteen million and still encounter no difficulty,
otherwise there is no meaning to the word ‘‘omnipotent.”’

These are all attractive features. We experience in this material world
that if a man is very rich, he is attractive. In America, for instance,
Rockefeller and Ford are very attractive because of their riches. They are
attractive even though they do not possess all the wealth of the world.
How much more attractive, then, is God, who is the possessor of all
riches.

Similarly, Krsna has unlimited strength. His strength was present from
the moment of His birth. When Krsna was only three months old, the
Piitand demon attempted to kill Him, but instead she was killed by
Krsna. That is God. God is God from the beginning. He does not become
