178 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 20

simultaneously one with and different from Lord Krsna, is still the incarnation of
the mode of darkness. However, Lord Visnu is Krsna’s personal expansion;
therefore He is the director of the mode of goodness and is always transcenden-
tally situated beyond the jurisdiction of the modes of material nature. Lord Visnu
is the original personal expansion of Krsna, and Krsna is the original source of all in-
carnations. As far as power is concerned, Lord Visnu is as powerful as Lord Krsna
because He possesses all the opulences.

TEXT 316

Watford fe WAtVAAICATI
mittee farereyaatada |

qurgeaa feb fapen fasths
catfamaifayeas SqEE SaThy 1 ory |

diparcir eva hi dasantaram abhyupetya
dipayate vivrta-hetu-samdna-dharma

yas tadrg eva hi ca visnutaya vibhati
govindam dadi-purusam tam aham bhajami

SYNONYMS

dipa-arcih—the flame of a lamp; eva—as; hi—certainly; dasd-antaram—
another lamp; abhyupetya—expanding; dipayate —illuminates; vivrta-hetu—with
its expanded cause; samana-dharmaé—equally powerful; yah—who; tadrk —
similarly; eva—certainly; hi—certainly; ca—also; visnutaya—by His expansion as
Lord Visnu; vibhati—illuminates; govindam—to Lord Krsna; dadi-purusam—the
supreme original person; tam—to Him; aham—1; bhajami—offer my worshipful
respect.

TRANSLATION

““‘When the flame of one candle is expanded to another candle and placed
in a different position, it burns separately, and its illumination is as powerful
as the original candle. Similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Govinda, expands Himself in different forms as Visnu, who is equally
luminous, powerful and opulent. Let me worship that Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Govinda.’

PURPORT
This is a quotation from Brahma-sarnhita (5.46).
