258 Srimad-Bhagavatam [| Canto 4, Ch. 7
TRANSLATION

The Gandharvas said: Dear Lord, all the demigods, including Lord Siva
and Lord Brahma and the great sages Marici and Indra, are all only
differentiated parts and parcels of Your body. You are the Supreme
Almighty Great; the whole creation is just like a plaything for You. We
always accept You as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we offer
our respectful obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

In the Brahma-samhita it is said that Krsna is the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. There may be many gods, from Brahma, Lord Siva, Indra
and Candra down to the rulers of the lower planetary systems, the
presidents, ministers, chairmen and kings. In fact, anyone can think that
he is God. That is the false, puffed up conviction of material life. Actually
Visnu is the Supreme Lord, but there is even one above Visnu, for Visnu
is also the plenary portion of a part of Krsna. In this verse this is referred
to by the word amsamsah, which means part and parcel of a part and
parcel. There are similar verses in the Caitanya-caritamrta which indicate
that the Supreme Lord’s parts and parcels again expand into other parts
and parcels. As described in Srimad-Bhagavatam, there are many manifes-
tations of Visnu and many manifestations of living entities. Visnu manifes-
tations are called svarnsa, partial manifestations, and the living entities are
called vibhinnamsa. The demigods like Brahma and Indra have been pro-
moted to such exalted positions by pious activities and austerities, but
actually Visnu, or Krsna, is the master of everyone. In the Caitanya-
caritamrta it is said, ekale igvara krsna, Gra saba bhrtya. This means that
Krsna alone is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all others, even the
visnu-tattva and certainly the living entities, are His servitors. Baladeva is
the immediate expansion of Krsna. He also engages in the service of Krsna,
and certainly the ordinary living entities are serving. Everyone is created,
constitutionally, for serving Krsna. Here the Gandharvas acknowledge that
although the demigods may represent themselves as the Supreme, actually
they are not supreme. Real supremacy belongs to Krsna. Kysnas tu
bhagavan svayam is the statement of Srimad-Bhagavatam: “Krsna is the
only Supreme Lord.” Worship of Krsna alone, therefore, includes worship
of all the parts and parcels, just as watering the root of a tree also waters
all the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers.
