Krishna Exhibits His Vrindavana Pastimes to Attract Conditioned Souls Back to Godhead

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.8 — March 15, 1974, Vṛndāvana 740315CC-VRNDAVAN [36:37 Minutes] CcAdi-07.008_740315CC-VRNDAVAN Prabhupāda: [Chants jaya rādhā-mādhava] [break] [00:41] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse]

Prabhupāda: Hmm. Pradyumna: rāsādi-vilāsī, vrajalalanā-nāgara āra yata saba dekha,—tāṭra parikara [Cc. Ādi 7.8] [leads chanting of synonyms] [break] [03:07] Translation: "Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme enjoyer in the rāsa dance. He is the leader of the damsels of Vraja, and all others are simply His associates." Prabhupāda: Before this verse, the author of Caitanya-caritāmṛta has described, svayaṁ bhagavān kṛṣṇa ekale īśvara advitīya, nandātmaja, rasika-śekhara [Cc. Ādi 7.7] Kṛṣṇa has got many, unlimited forms. Advaita-acyuta-anādi-ananta-rūpam.

Svāṁśa-vibhinnāṁśa. Some of the forms are called svāṁśa. Svāṁśa means God, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, viṣṇu-tattva. Viṣṇu-tattva, They have expanded in so many ways.

So all the viṣṇu-tattvas, They are called svāṁśa, personal expansions. And others, they are called vibhinnāṁśa. The demigods, the inhabitants of the higher planetary system within this material world, or the devotees in the spiritual world, we also, we are, although conditioned souls, we are vibhinnāṁśa. We are also expansion of Kṛṣṇa.

But we are not equal to the viṣṇu-tattva. We are fragment fires. The example is given, just like the big fire and the spark fire. So we living entities, we are spark fire.

We are also fire, because we are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, vibhinnāṁśa... Aṁśa means part and parcel. So Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Spirit, and we are part and parcel. We are also spirit, but we are not supreme.

That is the difference. Svayaṁ bhagavān, kṛṣṇa ekale īśvara. So actually, īśvara means the controller. The supreme controller is Kṛṣṇa. So in the next verse the Kṛṣṇa's business is rāsādi-vilāsa.

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