Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 11 Verse 42

SYNONYMS

tat -- that; ahuh -- is said; aksharam -- infallible; brahma -- the supreme; sarva-karana -- all causes; karanam -- the supreme cause; vishnoh dhama -- the spiritual abode of Vishnu; param -- the supreme; sakshat -- without doubt; purushasya -- of the purusha incarnation; mahatmanah -- of the Maha-Vishnu.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, is therefore said to be the original cause of all causes. Thus the spiritual abode of Vishnu is eternal without a doubt, and it is also the abode of Maha-Vishnu, the origin of all manifestations.

PURPORT

Lord Maha-Vishnu, who is resting in yoga-nidra on the Causal Ocean and creating innumerable universes by His breathing process, only temporarily appears in the mahat-tattva for the temporary manifestation of the material worlds. He is a plenary portion of Lord Sri Krishna, and thus although He is nondifferent from Lord Krishna, His formal appearance in the material world as an incarnation is temporary. The original form of the Personality of Godhead is actually the svarupa, or real form, and He eternally resides in the Vaikuntha world (Vishnuloka). The word mahatmanah is used here to indicate Maha-Vishnu, and His real manifestation is Lord Krishna, who is called parama, as confirmed in the Brahma-samhita:

isvarah paramah krishnah

sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah

anadir adir govindah

sarva-karana-karanam

[Bs. 5.1]

"The Supreme Lord is Krishna, the original Personality of Godhead known as Govinda. His form is eternal, full of bliss and knowledge, and He is the original cause of all causes."

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Eleventh Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "Calculation of Time, From the Atom."

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