LORD VAIKUNTHA CREATED MAHA-VAIKUNTHA IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

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utsAdya mAm avajnAya

madIyAm amarAvatIm

sarvopari sva-bhavanaM

racayAm Asa nUtanam

 

utsAdya--destroying; mAm--Me; avajnAya--disregarding; madIyAm--my;

amarAvatIm--capital city AmarAvatI; sarva-upari--above all others;

sva-bhavanam--a residence for Himself; racayAm Asa--He built; nUtanam--new.

 

"Without any regard for me, He destroyed my capital AmarAvatI and built a new

residence for Himself above all others." Brhad-bhagavatamrtam 2.22

 

Indra alludes here to an incarnation of Lord Visnu named Vaikuntha, whom Srila

Sukadeva Gosvami describes in the Eight Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam (8.5.4-5):

 

"From the combination of Subhra and his wife, Vikuntha, there appeared the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vaikuntha, along with demigods who were His

personal plenary expansions. Just to please the goddess of fortune, the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vaikuntha, at her request, created another

Vaikuntha planet, which is worshiped by everyone."

 

The eternal spiritual planet Lord Vaikuntha manifested within the material

world is called RamApriya, "dear to the goddess of fortune". Its location is

above all other planets, even Lord Brahma's. This spiritual planet displayed

within the material universe is never created or destroyed. From our point of

view the planet RamApriya appeared at a certain time and place, it is

therefore considered new in comparison to the eternal manifestation of the

same kingdom of God outside the material realm. The Lord may pretend to

"create" it as His pastime, but actually He is only unveiling to material eyes

what normally cannot be seen in this world.

 

Indra also mentions the incarnation Vaikuntha in Sri Hari-vamsa (2.70.37),

speaking after Sri Krsna stole the parijata flower and defeated him in battle:

 

idaM bhaGktvA madIyaM ca/ bhavanaM viSNunA kRtam

upary upari lokAnAm/ adhikaM bhuvanaM mune

 

"Lord Visnu sacked my capital city and then built a new planet above all the

others, O sage."