Karanodakasayi Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and the Ksirodakasayi Visnu.

The
innumerable universes are generated from the skin holes of this Karanodakasayi
Visnu, and in each one of the universes the Lord enters as Garbhodakasayi Visnu.
Mahat-tattva is divided into sixteen parts, namely the five gross material elements
and the eleven working instruments or senses. It is like the cloud in the clear sky.
within this mahat-tattva there are innumerable universes. All these universes are
collectively produced by the Karanodakasayi Visnu, called also the Maha-Visnu
From Garbhodakasayi Visnu there is expansion of the Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who
is the collective Paramatma of all living beings. He is called Hari, and from Him
all incarnations within the universe are expanded.
Thus, karan/universe maha tattva/16 elements garbho/beings/classes ksiro/supersoul
Guna avatars like brahma, visnu, mahesh spring from garbho.
YUGA
Sat
Treta
Dwapar
Kali

AVATAR
White
Red
Black
Yellow

NAME
4 kumaras
Boar
Narada

FUNCTION
Austerity/celibacy
Lifted earh from filth

REMARKS
Son of brahma
From nostril of brahma

Devotional service and

which inspire nonfruitive
action

Narada-pancaratra

Nara and
Narayana

Penences/sense control

Twin sons of king dharma/still at

badri narayan, himalayas

Kapila

Knowledge of creative
elements and
metaphysics
subject of
transcendence/philosophy
of the spirit soul
Indra/administration of
the universal affairs.
Demonstration of
sanyasa+ stages
Demo of an ideal king
Save vedas/herbs duriang

Sankhya philosophy or analysis of

24 material elements

Dattatrey

Yajna
Rsabha
Prthu
Fish 1

Son of atri and ansuya

son of Prajapati Ruci and Akuti

son of King Nabhi and Merudev
Son of bad king

special favor to king Satyavrata

Narsimha

partial devastation
Limited role of brahma
i.e creation of beings
Ayurvedic doctor
Equivalent of 1000s of
cupids
Half man-lion

Vamana

Dwarf bikshu

Bhrugupati

Dismiss kshatriya class

21 times
Division of vedas into 4
for kaliyuga
Maryada pushottam
1st plenary expansion of
God

Tortoise
Dhanvantri
Mohini

Vyas dev
Ram
Balaram

Krishna
Buddha
Kalki

Prem avatar
Stopping animal
sacrifices
Kills all pluderers of
earth

special favor to devas

-Highlight weakness of demons
Focussed on navel chakra of
material creation
Capturing His own potencies by his
fractional body part
Student of siva
-Focused on heart chakra
Sankarsana out of vasudevsankarasana-aniruddhapradyumana phalanx
Original full-one piece Creator
Born as a prince

son of Visnu Yasa

ENTITY
Rsi
Manu & descendenats
Demi gods
Prajapati
Narada muni

REMARKS/APPLICATION/LEARNINGS

Marici
Sanak & sanatana

authorities in fruitive work

authorities in philosophical speculations

Son of drona - ashvattama

Iman -less

Kunti

Her Prayers

Bhismhdev

chivalrous humor

Kriya yoga/spine
elements

prime authority for transcendental

devotional service of the Lord

Queens of dwarka
Parikshit

Remembrance of lord in mood of search

and neti-neti

Vidura

Pilgrimage conduct/vanprashta

Dhritrashtra

Meditation / ashtanga yoga

Yudhisthra

Procedure of sanyaas and reverse

amalgamation

Kali

(1) illicit connection with women,

(2) indulgence in meat-eating,
(3) intoxication and (4) taking
pleasure in gambling. The age of
Kali literally means the age of
quarrel because of above root
causes.
With the progress of the age of Kali,
four things particularly, namely the
duration of life, mercy, the power of
recollection, and moral or religious
principles will gradually diminish
reside in places where gambling,
drinking, prostitution, gold and animal
slaughter were performed.

Bull/personality of religion

suffering is also God's grace for a

devotee who sees God in everything/
never complained to parikshit about kali
hitting

Brahman son of Sringi sage

Puffed up with mystic powers

Sukhdev Goswami

Most repected devotee even by mystics

and Parshurama

UNUSUAL OPULENCE

AVATAR NAME

Killing

Lord Parasurama and Lord Nrsimha

Balarama, Mohini and Vamana
Dattatreya, Matsya, Kumara and Kapila

Beauty
Transcendental knowledge
Instilling faith in the masses
Fame

Narada, Varah, Buddha

Renunciation

Nara and Narayana Rsis

All of above + Love

Krishna

Paila Rsi
Jaimini
Vaisampayana
Sumantu Muni Angira
Romaharsana

Rg Veda
Sama Veda
Yajur Veda.
Atharva Veda
Puranas and historical records/5th veda

Ram and Dhanvantari

After liberation-- one is engaged in pure devotional service-- After attainment of

this brahma-bhuta stage, one is satisfied--But satisfaction is the beginning of
transcendental bliss-- progress by attaining neutrality and equality in the relative
world-- passing this stage of equanimity, one is fixed in the transcendental loving
service of the Lord. This is the instruction of the Personality of Godhead in the
Bhagavad-gita.
After the elimination of all sins or obstacles on the path of devotional service-- one
can become attracted-- one can have steadiness--one can have perfect taste-- one
can have transcendental emotions-- and at last one can be situated on the plane of
loving service of the Lord. All these stages develop by the association of pure
devotees, and that is the purport of this stanza.
The summary is that one has to, first of all-- seek the association of pure devotees
who not only are learned in the Vedanta but are self-realized souls and unalloyed
devotees of Lord Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead-- In that association, the
neophyte devotees must render loving service physically and mentally without
reservation-- This service attitude will induce the great souls to be more favorable
in bestowing their mercy, which injects the neophyte with all the transcendental
qualities of the pure devotees-- Gradually this is developed into a strong
attachment to hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, which makes him
able to catch up the constitutional position of the gross and subtle bodies and
beyond them the knowledge of pure soul and his eternal relation with the Supreme

Soul, the Personality of Godhead.-- After the relation is ascertained by

establishment of the eternal relation, pure devotional service to the Lord begins-gradually developing into perfect knowledge of the Personality of Godhead
beyond the purview of impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma.
O brahmana, thus by the Supreme Lord Krsna I was endowed-- first with the
transcendental knowledge of the Lord as inculcated in the confidential parts of the
Vedas-- then with the spiritual opulences-- and then with His intimate loving
service.
This bhava stage is attained after one has transcendental affection for the Lord.
The first initial stage is called sraddha, or a liking for the Supreme Lord-- and in
order to increase that liking one has to associate with pure devotees of the Lord-The third stage is to practice the prescribed rules and regulations of devotional
service. This will dissipate all sorts of misgivings and remove all personal
deficiencies that hamper progress in devotional service.
When all misgivings and personal deficiencies are removed-- there is a standard
faith in transcendental matter, and the taste for it increases in greater proportion-This stage leads to attraction,-- and after this there is bhava-- or the prior stage of
unalloyed love for God. All the above different stages are but different stages of
development of transcendental love. Being so surcharged with transcendental love,
there comes a strong feeling of separation which leads to eight different kinds of
ecstasies.
munayah

(1) those who are thoughtful, (2) those who are grave and silent,
(3) ascetics, (4) the persistent, (5) mendicants, (6) sages and (7)
saints

nirgrantha

(1) one who is liberated from nescience, (2) one who has no
connection with scriptural injunction, i.e., who is freed from the
obligation of the rules and regulations mentioned in the revealed
scriptures like ethics, Vedas, philosophy, psychology and
metaphysics (in other words the fools, illiterate, urchins, etc., who
have no connection with regulative principles), (3) a capitalist, and
also (4) one who is penniless

urukrama

the one whose activities are glorious, esp. Vamana

kurvanti

atmaramas render devotional service unto the Lord not for personal
interest but for the pleasure of the Lord, Urukrama.

Hetu

Means cause/causal. Therefore, unalloyed devotion means service to

the Lord without desire for the above-mentioned personal benefits;

material enjoyment, mystic powers and liberation, which are

generally desired by progressive persons.
itthambhuta

Complete bliss

hari

He (the Lord) vanquishes everything inauspicious and takes away

the mind of the devotee by awarding pure transcendental love

Unalloyed devotional service of the Lord progresses in different stages. Practice of

devotional service in the material field is of eighty-one different qualities-- and
above such activities is the transcendental practice of devotional service, which is
one and is called sadhana-bhakti-- When unalloyed practice of sadhana-bhakti is
matured into transcendental love for the Lord-- the transcendental loving service
of the Lord begins gradually developing into nine progressive stages of loving
service under the headings of attachmentloveaffectionfeelingsaffinity
adherencefollowingecstasy--and intense feelings of separation.
The attachment of an inactive devotee develops up to the stage of transcendental
love of God. Attachment of an active servitor develops up to the stage of
adherence, and that for a friendly devotee develops up to the stage of following,
and the same is also the case for the paternal devotees. Devotees in conjugal love
develop ecstasy up to the stage of intense feelings of separation. These are some of
the features of unalloyed devotional service of the Lord.
Sanaka, Sanatana, Sananda attracted by the fragrance of flowers and tulasi
and Sanat-kumara
leaves anointed with the pulp of sandalwood
offered at the lotus feet of the Lord.
Sukadeva Gosvami

attracted by the transcendental pastimes of the

Lord.

young cowherd damsels

attracted by the bodily features of the Lord

Rukmini

attracted by hearing about the glories of the Lord

elderly ladies

by paternal affection

mind of the male

in the humors of servitude and friendship.

By pure meditation, looking at Lord Sri Krsna-- he at once was freed from all
material inauspiciousness-- and was relieved of all bodily pains caused by the
arrow wounds-- Thus all the external activities of his senses at once stopped-- and
he prayed transcendentally to the controller of all living beings while quitting his
material body.
Parikshit
Sukhdev goswami

Process of hearing
Process of chanting

King Iksvaku,
son of Manu
Rama, the
Personality of
Godhead
King Sibi of the
Usinara
Maharaja
Dusyanta.

in maintaining all those who are born.

Arjuna.

great bowmen
irresistible
Unsurpassable
Strong
as worthy a shelter
Forebearing
Tolerant
equanimity of mind

Fire
ocean

Lion
himalaya
Earth
Parents
Yudhisthira or
Brahma
Siva
like the Supreme
Personality of
Godhead
Narayana
Lord Sri Krsna
King Rantideva
Maharaja Yayati.
like Bali
Maharaja

following the brahminical principles

munificent donor of charity and protector of the surrendered

expand the name and fame of his family

munificent
the resort of everyone, even the shelter of the goddess of
fortune

as good as
magnanimity
religion
in patience

a staunch devotee like Prahlada Maharaja

of Lord Krsna
--

performer of many Asvamedha [horse] sacrifices

--

follower of the old and experienced men

demigods
Gandharvas,
the Adityas
the Rudras
the Vasus
the Nagas
different rsis (sages) of importance
the Apsaras

from the sun globe

the society girls of heaven pleased

everyone by their heavenly dances and
songs.
Beyond the material sky, further than we can see with our eyes and beyond the
sevenfold coverings of the universe-- there is the Causal Ocean in which all the
universes are floating like footballs-- and beyond the Causal Ocean there is an
unlimited span of spiritual sky generally known as the effulgence of Brahman-Within this effulgence there are innumerable spiritual planets, and they are known
as the Vaikuntha planets.
You appear to have lost your bodily luster. Is this due to :

others disrespecting and neglecting you because of your long stay at

Dvaraka?
Has someone addressed you with unfriendly words or threatened you?
Could you not give charity to one who asked,
or could you not keep your promise to someone?
You are always the protector of the deserving living beings, such as
brahmanas, children, cows, women and the diseased. Could you not give
them protection when they approached you for shelter?
Have you contacted a woman of impeachable character,
or have you not properly treated a deserving woman?
Or have you been defeated on the way by someone who is inferior or equal
to you?
Have you not taken care of old men and boys who deserve to dine with
you? Have you left them and taken your meals alone?
Have you committed some unpardonable mistake which is considered to be
abominable?
Or is it that you are feeling empty for all time because you might have lost

your most intimate friend, Lord Krsna?

Then he amalgamated all the sense organs into the mind-- then the mind into life-life into breathing-- his total existence into the embodiment of the five elements-and his body into death-- Then, as pure self, he became free from the material
conception of life-- Thus annihilating the gross body of five elements into the
three qualitative modes of material nature-- he merged them in one nescience and
then absorbed that nescience in the self, Brahman-- which is inexhaustible in all
circumstances.
After that, Maharaja Yudhisthira dressed himself in torn clothing-- gave up eating
all solid foods-- voluntarily became dumb and let his hair hang loose. All this
combined to make him look like an urchin or madman-- with no occupation-- He
did not depend on his brothers for anything-- And, just like a deaf man, he heard
nothing.
Six great philosophers :
Kanada

author of Vaisesika philosophy

Gautama

the author of logic

Patanjali

author of mystic yoga

Kapila

the author of Sankhya philosophy

Jaimini

the author of Karma-mimamsa

Vyasadeva

the author of Vedanta-darsana.

In the age of Satya [truthfulness] your four legs were established by the four
principles of-- austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness.
Some of the philosophers, who deny all sorts of duality, declare that:

one's own self is responsible for his personal happiness and distress.
Others say that superhuman powers are responsible,
while yet others say that activity is responsible,
and the gross materialists maintain that nature is the ultimate cause.