Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

After this Krishna will describe what is the need of all these description

Bg 10.42

atha vā bahunaitena
kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna
viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam
ekāṁśena sthito jagat

Word for word: 

atha vā — or; bahunā — many; etena — by this kind; kim — what; jñātena — by knowing; tava — your; arjuna— O Arjuna; viṣṭabhya — pervading; aham — I; idam — this; kṛtsnam — entire; eka — by one; aṁśena — part;sthitaḥ — am situated; jagat — universe.

Translation: 

But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe.

 

Atha, however otherwise. Bahunaitena, Bahu, many aitena, this, many of this I can talk about, but kiṁ jñātena, what is the use of knowing all these Arjuna? Just understand one thins viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam, viṣṭabhyā, pervaded, idaṁ, this world kṛtsnam, completely 

So the whole of existence is pervaded by just one fraction of Mine, 

This has multiple meaning.

  1. Krishna pervades world through Super Soul.

Before Maha-Vishnu all are in spiritual world they do not intereact with material nature.

Last three are Purusha Avatara they interact with material nature but they do not get contaminated by that. 

Maha-Vishnu is Super Soul of all existence not just of one universe but all universes, it is from Him everything comes along.

Garbhodakashyi Vishnu is the Super Soul of each universe.

Kshirodakashayi Vishnu is Parmatama He is present in the top loka of Brahma Loka also in Kshir sagar but along with that He is also present as the Super Soul in the heart of all living beings, so now Krishna is saying that Kshirodakashyi Vishnu is all pervading.

Some people think that Vishnu is source as through Vishnu avatars come, demigod approaches Vishnu for help and Vishnu assure an avatar will come, but Vishnu is not the source but a gateway, prayers goes to Vishnu and there are so many avatars in spiritual world and as per requirement an specific avatar comes down. From the point of view of people in this material world Vishnu was prayed and then Krishna came so they think Krishna is an incarnation of Vishnu so from the limited perspective of this world the point is true but beyond the perspective of this world the complete reality is as explained above. In spiritual world He manifest all 64 quality unlike Lord Vishnu who manifest 60 qualities. Rupa Maduri, Venu Madhuri, Lila Madhuri and Bhakta Madhuri. Bhakta Madhuri is so special that Lakshmi Devi desires to enter into what Gopis (Bhaktas) are getting and she wanted to enter into Rasa Lila. From Rasa point of view there is difference. 

 

In the purport SP referred what Baldev Vidya Bhusan mentioned:

yac-chakti-leśāt sūryādyā
bhavanty aty-ugra-tejasaḥ
yad-aṁśena dhṛtaṁ viśvaṁ
sa kṛṣṇo daśame ’rcyate

From Lord Kṛṣṇa’s potent energy even the powerful sun gets its power, and by Kṛṣṇa’s partial expansion the whole world is maintained. Therefore Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is worshipable.

yac-chakti-leśāt, just by a part of His energy, sūryādyā, surya gets his power, 

bhavanty aty-ugra-tejasaḥ, Its ugra-tejasaḥ, the formidable power its effulgence come from Krishna’s energy,

yad-aṁśena dhṛtaṁ viśvaṁ, by an amsa He is sustaining the whole Visva, 

sa kṛṣṇo daśame ’rcyate, therefore that Krishna is worshipable, that Krishna should be worshiped.

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