Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 5.4
Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is the fountainhead of all incarnations. Lord Balarāma is His second body.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the primeval Lord, the original form of Godhead and the fountainhead of all incarnations.
- Śrī Balarāma is His first expansion, described as His second body.
- The Personality of Godhead can expand Himself in innumerable forms. Forms with unlimited potency are called svāṁśa, while the living entities, with limited potencies, are called vibhinnāṁśa.
Try this today
Write down the terms svāṁśa and vibhinnāṁśa, with the meaning of each given here.
Ask yourself
How does the distinction between unlimited divine potency and my limited potency shape my understanding of myself?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.