Text 3] Krsna Is the Source of All Incarnations 139

nothing to do, and no one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the
verdict of the Vedas.

TEXT 3

a wad wt frag aaafiar tl 3 1

yasyavayava-samsthanaih
kalpito loka-vistarah

tadvai bhagavato ripam
visuddham sattvam irjitam

yasya—whose; avayava—bodily expansion; samsthdnaih—situated in;
kalpitah—is imagined; loka—planets of inhabitants; vistarah—various; tat
vai—but that is; bhagavatah—of the Personality of Godhead; ripam—form;
visuddham—purely ; sattvam—existence; irjitam—excellence.

TRANSLATION

It is believed that all the universal planetary systems are situated on
the extensive body of the purusa, but He has nothing to do with the
created material ingredients. His body is eternally in spiritual existence par
excellence.

PURPORT

The conception of the virata-riipa or visva-riipa of the Supreme Absolute
Truth is especially meant for the neophyte who can hardly think of the
transcendental form of the Personality of Godhead. To him a form means
something of this material world, and therefore an opposite conception of
the Absolute is necessary in the beginning to concentrate the mind on the
power extension of the Lord. As stated above, the Lord extends His
potency in the form of the mahat-tattva, which includes all material
ingredients. The extension of power by the Lord and the Lord Himself
personally are one in one sense, but at the same time the mahat-tattva is
different from the Lord. Therefore the potency of the Lord and the Lord
are simultaneously different and nondifferent. The conception of the
virata-riipa, especially for the impersonalist, is thus nondifferent from the
eternal form of the Lord. This eternal form of the Lord exists prior to the
