102 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 1 |

There is no such thing as chance. When a tree is burning in a forest
fire and although the nearest tree is spared a distant tree catches fire, this
may appear to be chance. Similarly, one may seem to get different types
of bodies by chance, but actually one receives these bodies because of the
mind. The mind flickers between accepting and rejecting, and according
to the acceptance and rejection of the mind, we receive different types of
bodies, although we superficially seem to obtain these bodies by chance.
Even if we accept the theory of chance, the immediate cause for the
change of body is the agitation of the mind.

Notes on amsa. This chapter describes that Krsna appeared amsena,
with His parts and parcels or His partial manifestation. In this connec-
tion, Sridhara Svami says that Krsna is one hundred percent Bhagavan
(krsnas tu bhagavan svayam). Because of our imperfections, however,
we cannot appreciate Krsna in fullness, and therefore whatever Krsna
exhibited when present on earth was but a partial manifestation of His
opulence. Again, Krsna appeared with His plenary expansion Baladeva.
Krsna, however, is full; there is no question of His appearing partially.
In the Vaisnava-tosani, Srila Sanatana Gosvami says that to accept that
Krsna was partially manifested would contradict the statement krsnas tu
bhagavan svayam. Srila Jiva Gosvami says that the word arsena means
that Krsna appeared with all His plenary expansions. The words amsena
visnoh do not mean that Krsna is a partial representative of Visnu.
Rather, Krsna appeared in fullness, and He manifests Himself partially
in the Vaikunthalokas. In other words, Lord Visnu is a partial represen-
tation of Krsna; Krsna is not a partial representation of Visnu. In the
Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Chapter Four, this subject matter is ex-
plained very clearly. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura also notes that
no one can describe Krsna in fullness. Whatever descriptions we find in
Srimad-Bhagavatam are partial explanations of Krsna. In conclusion,
therefore, the word arnsena indicates that Lord Visnu is a partial repre-
sentation of Krsna, not that Krsna is a partial representation of Visnu.

Srila Sandtana Gosvami’s Vaisnava-tosani has explained the word
dharma-silasya. The exact meaning of dharma-sila is ‘‘an unadulterated
devotee.”” Real dharma consists of full surrender to Krsna (sarva-
dharman parityajya mam ekam Saranam vraja). One who has fully sur-
rendered to Krsna is actually religious. One such religious person was
Maharaja Pariksit. Anyone who accepts the principle of surrender to the
