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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.42
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 42
- tad āhur akṣaraṁ brahma
- sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
- viṣṇor dhāma paraṁ sākṣāt
- puruṣasya mahātmanaḥ
tatthat — that; āhuḥis said — is said; akṣaraminfallible — infallible; brahmathe supreme — the supreme; sarvaall causes-kāraṇaall causes — all causes; kāraṇamthe supreme cause — the supreme cause; viṣṇoḥthe spiritual abode of Viṣṇu dhāmathe spiritual abode of Viṣṇu — the spiritual abode of Viṣṇu; paramthe supreme — the supreme; sākṣātwithout doubt — without doubt; puruṣasyaof the puruṣa incarnation — of the puruṣa incarnation; mahātmanaḥof the Mahā-Viṣṇu — of the Mahā-Viṣṇu.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is therefore said to be the original cause of all causes. Thus the spiritual abode of Viṣṇu is eternal without a doubt, and it is also the abode of Mahā-Viṣṇu, the origin of all manifestations.
Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu, who is resting in yoga-nidrā 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 Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and thus although He is nondifferent from Lord Kṛṣṇa, His formal appearance in the material world as an incarnation is temporary. The original form of the Personality of Godhead is actually the svarūpa, or real form, and He eternally resides in the Vaikuṇṭha world (Viṣṇuloka). The word mahātmanaḥ is used here to indicate Mahā-Viṣṇu, and His real manifestation is Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is called parama, as confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā:
- īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
- sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ
- anādir ādir govindaḥ
- sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
(BS 5.1)
"The Supreme Lord is Kṛṣṇa, 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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Calculation of Time, From the Atom."