416 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

“Considering all these points, one should understand that Sarikaracarya’s state-
ment that Sankarsana is born as a jiva is completely against the Vedic statements.
His assertions are completely refuted by the above arguments. In this connection the
commentary of Sridhara Svami on Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.1.34) is very helpful.”

For a detailed refutation of Safkaracarya’s arguments to prove Safkarsana an
ordinary living being, one may refer to Srimat Sudarsanacarya’s commentary on
Sri-bhdsya, which is known as the Sruta-prakdsikd.

The original quadruple forms Krsna, Baladeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha ex-
pand into another quadruple, which is present in the Vaikuntha planets of the
spiritual sky. Therefore the quadruple forms in the spiritual sky are the second
manifestation of the original quadruple in Dvaraka. As explained above, Vasudeva,
Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are all changeless, transcendental plenary
expansions of the Supreme Lord who have no relation to the material modes. The
Sarikarsana form in the second quadruple is not only a representation of Balarama
but also the original cause of the Causal Ocean, where Karanodakasay7 Visnu lies
asleep, breathing out the seeds of innumerable universes.

In the spiritual sky there is a spiritual creative energy technically called Suddha-
sattva, which is a pure spiritual energy that sustains all the Vaikuntha planets with
the full opulences of knowledge, wealth, prowess, etc. All these actions of suddha-
sattva display the potencies of Maha-Sankarsana, who is the ultimate reservoir of all
individual living entities who are suffering in the material world. When the cosmic
creation is annihilated, the living entities, who are indestructible by nature, rest
in the body of Maha-Sankarsana. Sarikarsana is therefore sometimes called the
total jiva. As spiritual sparks, the living entities have the tendency to be inactive
in the association of material energy, just as sparks of a fire have the tendency to
be extinguished as soon as they leave the fire. The spiritual nature of the living
being can be rekindled, however, in association with the Supreme Being. Because
the living being can appear either in matter or in spirit, the jiva is called the marginal
potency.

Sanikarsana is the origin of Karana Visnu, who is the original form who creates the
universes, and that Sankarsana is but a plenary expansion of Sri Nityananda Rama.

TEXT 42

Stal cA ACIA HA —AansKe} |
forefe-wiaty fSrdi, Stacia Sal 1 82 UI

tanha ye ramera rlipa— maha-sankarsana
cic-chakti-dsraya tihho, kéranera kdrana

SYNONYMS

tanhd—there; ye—which; ramera rdpa—the personal feature of Balarama; mahd-
san karsana—Maha-Sankarsana; cit-Sakti-asraya—the shelter of the spiritual potency;
tinho—He; kdranera kdrana—the cause of all causes.
