Text 8] Disappearance of Lord Krsna 737
TEXT 8
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TEISSHASHMATS ANAT ATA ll ¢ I
api devarsinadistah
sa kalo ’yam upasthitah
yadatmano ‘ngam akridam
bhagavan utsisrksati

api—whether; devarsind—by the demigod-saint (Narada); adistah—
instructed; sah—that; kalah—eternal time; ayam—this; upasthitah—arrived;
yada—when; atmanah—of His own self; amgam—plenary portion; ak ridam—
manifestation; bhagavan- the Personality of Godhead; utsisrksati—is going
to quit.

TRANSLATION
Is He going to quit His earthly pastimes, as Devarsi Narada indicated?
Has that time already arrived?
PURPORT

As we have discussed many times, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Lord Sri Krsna has many plenary expansions, and each and every one of
them, although equally powerful, executes different functions. In the
Bhagavad-gita there are different statements by the Lord, and each of
these statements is meant for different plenary portions or portions of the
plenary portions. For example, Sri Krsna the Lord saysin the Bhagavad-gita:

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O

descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that

time I descend Myself.” (Bg. 4.7)

‘“O son of Kunti [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun

and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in

ether and ability in man.” (Bg. 7.8)

“If I should cease to work, then all these worlds would be put to

ruination. I would also be the cause of creating unwanted population,

and I would thereby destroy the peace of all sentient beings.” (Bg. 3.24)
