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declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.” (Bg. 9.31) From all
angles of vision, therefore, in all circumstances, if one fully surrenders
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no question of one’s
struggling for existence. In this connection, the commentary by Sri-
pada Madhvacarya, who quotes from the Tantra-bhagavata, is very
meaningful:

sac-chadba uttamam briiyad
Gnandantiti vai vadet

yetijnanar samuddistam
pimdnanda-drsis tatah

attrtvadc ca tada danat
satyattya cocyate vibhuh

Explaining the words satyasya yonim, Srila Viévanatha Cakravarti
Thakura says that Krsna is the avatari, the origin of all incarnations. All
incarnations are the Absolute Truth, yet the Supreme Personality of
Godhead Krsna is the origin of all incarnations. Dipdrcir eva hi dasan-
taram abhyupetya dipdyate (Brahma-samhita 5.46). There may be
many lamps, all equal in power, yet there is a first lamp, a second lamp, a
third lamp and so on. Similarly, there are many incarnations, who are
compared to lamps, but the first lamp, the original Personality of God-
head, is Krsna. Govindam 4di-purusam tam aham bhajami.

The demigods must offer worship in obedience to the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, but one might argue that since the Supreme God-
head was within the womb of Devaki, He was also coming in a material
body. Why then should He be worshiped? Why should one make a dis-
tinction between an ordinary living entity and the Supreme Personality
of Godhead? These questions are answered in the following verses.

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