Text 13] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 97

ent within Him. Other incarnations are partial representations of Krsna,
who is the full-fledged incarnation of the Supreme Being. It is to be
understood that the Supreme Being, whether appearing as sukla, rakta or
pita (white, red or yellow), is the same person. When He appears in dif-
ferent incarnations, He appears in different colors, just like the
sunshine, which contains seven colors. Sometimes the colors of sunshine
are represented separately; otherwise the sunshine is observed mainly as
bright light. The different avatdras, such as the manvantara-avataras,
lila-avatdras and daSsa-avatdras, are all included in the krsna-avatdra.
When Krsna appears, all the avatdras appear with Him. As described in
Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.3.26):

avatarad hy asankhyeya
hareh sattva-nidher dvijah

yathavidasinah kulyah
sarasah syuh sahasrasah

The avatdras incessantly appear, like incessantly flowing water. No one
can count how many waves there are in flowing water, and similarly
there is no limitation of the avatdras. And Krsna is the full representa-
tion of all avatdras because He is the source of all avatdras. Krsna is
amsi, whereas others are amsa, part of Krsna. All living entities, includ-
ing us, are aréas (mamaivariso jiva-loke jiva-bhitah sanatanah). These
arnsas are of different magnitude. Human beings (who are minute
arnsas) and the demigods, visnu-tattva and all other living beings are all
part of the Supreme. Nityo nitydnam cetanas cetanandm (Katha
Upanisad 2.2.13). Krsna is the full representation of all living entities,
and when Krsna is present, all avatdras are included in Him.

The Eleventh Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam describes the incarnations
for each yuga in chronological order. The Bhagavatam says, krte suklas
catur-bahuh, tretayam rakta-varno ’sau, dvdpare bhagavan syamah and
krsna-varnam tvisdkrsnam. We actually see that in Kali-yuga, Bhagavan
has appeared in pita-varna, or a yellow color, as Gaurasundara, although
the Bhagavatam speaks of krsna-varnam. To adjust all these statements,
one should understand that although in some yugas some of the colors
are prominent, in every yuga, whenever Krsna appears, all the colors are
