Text 31 Krsna Is the Source of All Incarnations 171

neophytes] to adjust to the idea of the Lord having form. But factually
the Lord has no material form.

PURPORT

The conception of the Lord known as the vigva-ripa or the virdta-riipa
is particularly not mentioned along with the. various incarnations of the
Lord because all the incarnations of the Lord above mentioned are
transcendental, and there is not a tinge of materialism in their bodies.
There is no difference between the body and self as there is in the con-
ditioned soul. The virata-riipa is conceived for those who are just neophyte
worshipers. For them the material virdta-riipa is presented, and it will be
explained in the Second Canto. In the virata-rijpa the material manifesta-
tions of different planets have been conceived as His legs, hands, etc.
Actually all such descriptions are for the neophytes. The neophytes cannot
conceive anything beyond matter. The material conception of the Lord is
not counted in the list of His factual forms. As Paramatma or Supersoul,
the Lord is within each and every material form, even within the atoms,
but the outward material form is but an imagination, both for the Lord
and the living being. The present forms of the conditioned souls are also
not factual. The conclusion is that the material conception of the body of
the Lord as virdta is imaginary. Both the Lord and the living beings are
living spirits and have original spiritual bodies respectively.

TEXT 31

Ta THR Hata TyaT TAaaASHAS |
aq gett exracaaraftanafaht: 112211

yathd nabhasi meghaugho
renur va parthivo’nile
evam drastari dréyatvam

dropitam abuddhibhih

yatha—as it is; nabhasi—in the sky; meghaughah—a mass of clouds;
renuh—dust; vd—as well as; parthivah—muddiness; anile—in the air; evam—
thus; drastari—to the seer; drsyatvam—for the purpose of seeing; dropitam
—is implied; abuddhibhih—by the less intelligent persons.
