Text 4] The Island of Jambidvipa 227

He has no material activities, nor has He a material form or name.
Only in pure consciousness, Krsna consciousness, can one per-
ceive the transcendental form of the Lord. Let us be firmly fixed at
the lotus feet of Lord Ramacandra, and let us offer our respectful
obeisances unto those transcendental lotus feet.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, appears in various ex-
pansions, as stated in the Brahma-samhita (5.39):

ramadi-mirtisu kala-niyamena tisthan
ndndvataram akarod bhuvanesu kintu

krsnah svayam samabhavat paramah puman yo
govindam 4di-purusam tam aham bhajami

“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Govinda. who is always
situated in various incarnations such as Rama, Nrsirnha and many subin-
carnations as well, but who is the original Personality of Godhead known
as Krsna and who incarnates personally also.”’ Krsna, who is visnu-tattva,
has expanded Himself in many Visnu forms, of which Lord Ramacandra
is one. We know that the visnu-tattva is carried by the transcendental
bird Garuda and is equipped with different types of weapons in four
hands. Therefore we may doubt whether Lord Ramacandra could be in
the same category, since He was carried by Hanuman, not by Garuda,
and had neither four hands nor the saitkha, cakra, gadé and padma.
Consequently this verse clarifies that Ramacandra is as good as Krsna
(ramadi-mirtisu kala). Although Krsna is the original Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, Ramacandra is not different from Him. Ramacandra
is unaffected by the modes of material nature, and therefore He is pra-
Sdnta, never disturbed by those modes.

Unless one is saturated with love for the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, one cannot appreciate the transcendental value of Lord Rama-
candra; one cannot see Him with material eyes. Because demons like
Ravana have no spiritual vision, they consider Lord Ramacandra an or-
dinary ksatriya king. Ravana therefore attempted to kidnap Lord Rama-
candra’s eternal consort, Sitadevi. Actually, however, Ravana could not
carry off Sitadevi in her original form. As soon as she was touched by
