Text 5] Krsna Is the Source of All Incarnations 14]

In the Bhagavad-gita it is confirmed that the transcendental Lord can be
perceived only by pure devotional service. So it is confirmed in the Vedas
that devotional service can lead one to the side of the Lord, and devotional
service only can reveal Him. In the Brahma-sarnhita also it is said that the
Lord is always visible to the devotees whose eyes have been anointed with
the tinge of devotional service. So we have to take information of the
transcendental form of the Lord from persons who have actually seen
Him with perfect eyes smeared with devotional service. In the material
world also we do not always see things with our own eyes, but through
the experience of those who have actually seen or done things. If that is
the process for experiencing a mundane object, it is more perfectly
applicable in matters transcendental. So with patience and perserverance
only we can realize the transcendental subject matter regarding the
Absolute Truth and His different forms. He is formless to the neophytes,
but He is in transcendental form to the expert servitor.

TEXT 5

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qeiaaa asd Zafetsate: 14 I

etan nanavataranam
nidhanam bijam avyayam

yasyamsamsena srjyante
deva-tiryan-naradayah

etat—this (form); ndnad—multifarious; avatarandm—of the incarnations;
nidhaénam—source; bijam—seed; avyayam—indestructible; yasya—whose;
amsa—plenary portion; ammsena—part of the plenary portion; srj7yante—
create; deva—demigods; tiryak—animals; nara-adayah—human beings and
others.

TRANSLATION

This form [the second manifestation of purusa] is the source and
indestructible seed of multifarious incarnations within the universe, and
from the particles and portions of this form, different living entities, like
demigods, men and others, are created.
