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or the Aryans, who also worship the Supreme Lord according to their con-
victions and their spiritual understanding. Each process of worship involves
the understanding of different Forms of the Lord, as mentioned in the Scrip-
tures, but the ultimate idea is to worship the Supreme Lord Himself.

In the feature of His Vaibhavaprakash the Lord manifests Himself as Val-
aram. The feature of Valaram is as good as Krishna; the difference is that
Krishna is blackish and Valaram is whitish. The Vaibhavaprakash Form was
also displayed when Krishna appeared in the four-handed Form of Narayana
before Devaki when He entered this world, and then at the request of His
parents He transformed Himself into a two-handed Form. Therefore, some-
times He becomes four-handed and sometimes He becomes two-handed.
When He is in a Form of two hands, that is actually Vaibhavaprakash, and
when He is four-handed, that is Vrabhavavilasa. In His Personal Form He is
just like a cowherd boy, and He thinks Himself that; but when He is in the
Vasudeva Form He thinks Himself the son of a Kshatriya, and He feels Him-
self also to be a Kshatriya, a princely administrator.

Form, Opulence, Beauty, Wealth, Attractiveness and Pastimes are fully
exhibited in His Form as the Son of Nanda. In some of the Vaishnava literature
it is found that sometimes, in His Form as Vasudeva, He becomes attracted
to the Form of Govinda in Vrindaban. Sometimes, as Vasudeva, He desires
to enjoy as Govinda does, although the Govinda Form and the Vasudeva
Form are one and the same. There is a passage in the Laleeta Madhava, Fourth
Chapter, in which Krishna addresses Uddhava as follows: “My dear friend,
this Govinda Form as a cowherd boy attracts Me. I wish to be like the damsels
of Vraja, attracted by this Govinda Form.” Similarly, in the Eighth Chapter,
Krishna says: “O how wonderful It is! Who is this Personality? After seeing
Him I am attracted by Him, so that now I am desiring to embrace Him just
like Radhika.” When this Form of Krishna becomes a little differentiated, it
is called Tadekatma.

In this Tadekatmarupa Form there are two divisions also: One is called
Svamsa. Both in the Vilasa and Svamsa Forms there are again many differential
features, which are also divided into Prabhava and Baibhava. As far as the
Vilasa Forms are concerned, there are innumerable Prabhava Vilasas: Krishna
expands Himself as Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna, Aniruddha. Some-
times the Lord thinks Himself a cowherd boy, and sometimes He thinks
Himself the son of Vasudeva, a Kshatriya—and this “thinking” of Krishna
is called “Pastimes.”

In His Prabhava Prakasa and Prabhava Vilasa He is in the same Form, but
