A Summary of the Srimad Bhagavatham : Ch-6. Part-3.






6: Sri Krishna’s Vrindavana and Dvarka Lilas :


Part-3.


The evolutionary process that is seen in the various avataras of Vishnu—such as Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, etc.—reaches a culmination in Rama and Krishna. From the lower levels of life through which God incarnates, as demonstrated in the earlier avataras, human perfection is reached in Rama’s avatara. But that is not enough. God has to descend into the world in the full force and power of His Completeness.


Srimad Bhagavatham: Skandham-1.Chapter-3.Slokam-28.


Ete camsa-kalah pumsah


krisnas tu bhagavan svayam


As the entire energy of the sun may be concentrated on a lens through which this energy passes, and it has the capacity to work as the sun would work, so is the way in which we have to understand the nature of an incarnation, especially of the type of superman such as Bhagavan Sri Krishna. The universal forces congeal and concentrate themselves in one personality when it becomes purna avataram. It is as if the force of the ocean rushes through a single conduit pipe, and we can imagine the energy that is conducted through this pipe when the entire ocean is passing through it.

Swami Krisnananda

To be continued  ...


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