[Jagannath] Krsna is the Source of All Incarnations

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OM KRISHNA GURU OM

Dear Gauranga & Dina-Natha,

This is really brilliant. I am requesting Sarat to consider publication

of this in the next issue of the Jyotish news. i can only add the two

mantras of the Rig Veda " AaKrishnena Rajasa.. " and " Tad Vishnu...sada

pasyanti Surah. Diveevah Chakshyur Aatatam " have been fully explained the

verses quoted by the two of you.

Om Tat Sat

Best Wishes

Sanjay Rath

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Gauranga Das <gauranga

Varahamihira <varahamihira >

Tuesday, November 30, 1999 9:15 AM

[Jagannath] Re: Krsna is the Source of All Incarnations

 

 

JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Dina-nath prabhu,

 

Pranaams.

 

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> Dear Gauranga,

>

> Jaya Jagannatha!.

>

> You wrote:

>

> > KRSNA IS THE SOURCE OF ALL INCARNATIONS

>

> Lord Brahma sums up that nicely in the 1st verse of the 5th chapter of

> Brahama Samitha:

>

> isvarah paramah krsnah

> sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah

> anadir adir govindah

> sarva-karana-karanam

>

> TRANSLATION

> Krsna who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal

> blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin

and

> He is the prime cause of all causes.

>

> So from here it is very obvious that what you wrote has to be like that.

>

 

Here are some other nice quotations from Srila Prabhupada's purports:

 

" In this millennium, the sun-god is known as Vivasvan, the king of the sun,

which is the origin of all planets within the solar system. In the

Brahma-samhita (5.52) it is stated:

 

yac-caksur esa savita sakala-grahanam

raja samasta-sura-murtir asesa-tejah

yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrta-kala-cakro

govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

 

" Let me worship, " Lord Brahma said, " the Supreme Personality of

Godhead, Govinda [Krsna], who is the original person and under whose

order the sun, which is the king of all planets, is assuming immense power

and heat. The sun represents the eye of the Lord and traverses its orbit in

obedience to His order. "

 

The sun is the king of the planets, and the sun-god (at present of the

name

Vivasvan) rules the sun planet, which is controlling all other planets by

supplying heat and light. He is rotating under the order of Krsna, and Lord

Krsna originally made Vivasvan His first disciple to understand the science

of Bhagavad-gita. "

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM CANTO 8 CHAPTER 5 TEXT 36

 

yac-caksur asit taranir deva-yanam

trayimayo brahmana esa dhisnyam

dvaram ca mukter amrtam ca mrtyuh

prasidatam nah sa maha-vibhutih

 

TRANSLATION

 

" The sun-god marks the path of liberation, which is called

arciradi-vartma.

He is the chief source for understanding of the Vedas, he is the abode where

the Absolute Truth can be worshiped, He is the gateway to liberation, and he

is the source of eternal life as well as the cause of death. The sun-god is

the

eye of the Lord. May that Supreme Lord, who is supremely opulent, be

pleased with us.

 

PURPORT

 

The sun-god is considered to be the chief of the demigods. He is also

considered to be the demigod who watches the northern side of the universe.

He gives help for understanding the Vedas. As confirmed in Brahma-samhita

(5.52):

 

yac-caksur esa savita sakala-grahanam

raja samasta-sura-murtir asesa-tejah

yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrta-kala-cakro

govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

 

" The sun, full of infinite effulgence, is the king of all the planets

and the

image of the good soul. The sun is like the eye of the Supreme Lord. I adore

the primeval Lord Govinda, in pursuance of whose order the sun performs

his journey, mounting the wheel of time. " The sun is actually the eye of the

Lord. In the Vedic mantras it is said that unless the Supreme Personality of

Godhead sees, no one can see. Unless there is sunlight, no living entity on

any planet can see. Therefore the sun is considered to be the eye of the

Supreme Lord. That is confirmed here by the words yac-caksur asit and in

the Brahma-samhita by the words yac-caksur esa savita. The word savita

means the sun-god. "

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM CANTO 10 CHAPTER 3 TEXT 26

 

yo 'yam kalas tasya te 'vyakta-bandho

cestam ahus cestate yena visvam

nimesadir vatsaranto mahiyams

tam tvesanam ksema-dhama prapadye

 

TRANSLATION

 

 

" O inaugurator of the material energy, this wonderful creation works

under

the control of powerful time, which is divided into seconds, minutes, hours

and years. This element of time, which extends for many millions of years,

is

but another form of Lord Visnu. For Your pastimes, You act as the

controller of time, but You are the reservoir of all good fortune. Let me

offer

my full surrender unto Your Lordship.

 

PURPORT

 

As stated in the Brahma-samhita (5.52):

 

yac-caksur esa savita sakala-grahanam

raja samasta-sura-murtir asesa-tejah

yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrta-kala-cakro

govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

 

" The sun is the king of all planetary systems and has unlimited potency

in

heat and light. I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, under whose control even the sun, which is

considered to be the eye of the Lord, rotates within the fixed orbit of

eternal

time. " Although we see the cosmic manifestation as gigantic and wonderful,

it is within the limitations of kala, the time factor. This time factor is

also

controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in

Bhagavad-gita (mayadhyaksena prakrtih sayate sa-caracaram). Prakrti, the

cosmic manifestation, is under the control of time. Indeed, everything is

under the control of time, and time is controlled by the Supreme Personality

of Godhead. Therefore the Supreme Lord has no fear of the onslaughts of

time. Time is estimated according to the movements of the sun (savita).

Every minute, every second, every day, every night, every month and every

year of time can be calculated according to the sun's movements. But the sun

is not independent, for it is under time's control. Bhramati

sambhrta-kala-cakrah: the sun moves within the kala-cakra, the orbit of

time.

The sun is under the control of time, and time is controlled by the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. Therefore the Lord has no fear of time. "

 

© 1991 by Bhaktivedanta Book Trust

 

There are two interesting points here. One is that the Sun is the chief of

all

the planets, and the other is that time is measured according to the

movements of the Sun. These two things taught in Jyotish are thus confirmed

by the Shastras.

 

Yours, Gauranga das

 

 

 

 

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HARI OM TAT SAT

Jaya Jagannatha Mahaprabhu

 

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