- Lord Krishna appears in a human-like form but his true nature is transcendental and supreme. - He possesses all wealth, strength, fame, knowledge, beauty and renunciation in full. - All demigods like Brahma, Shiva and Indra are his subordinates. Only his pure devotees are eternally protected.

2. Differences?

3. avajänanti mäà müòhä mänuñéà tanum äçritam
paraà bhävam ajänanto mama bhüta-maheçvaram
Fools deride Me when I descend in
the human form. They do not know
My transcendental nature as the
Supreme Lord of all that be.
Bhagavad-gita 9.11

4. Differences
• Material Body
• Mayaa vash
Under the influence
of maya
• Forced to take birth
• Spiritual Body
• Mayaa deesh
Master of maya
• Born of free will
Human God

5. Bhrigu
at
Satya-loka

6. Bhrigu
at
Kailash

7. Bhrigu
at
Vaikunta

8. Worship in
Mode of Goodness

9. arädhanänäà sarveñäà
viñëor ärädhanaà param
“Of all types of worship,
worship of Lord Viñëu
is the best”
- Padma Purana

10. Cabinet
Ministers
 Creation : Brahma
 Destruction: Shiva
 Electricity : Sun
 Agriculture: Moon
 Rain : Indra
 Finance : Kuvera
 Justice : Yama
 Air : Vayu
 Water : Varuna
The Supreme Personality of Godhead

11. Indra

12. Giridhari

13. Cupid
• Every living
entity is
enchanted by
the arrows of
Cupid

14. Cupid’s
mischief

16. Lord Siva
attracted by
the beauty
of Mohini
Avatar

17. Madana gets
attracted to
Lord Krishna’s
beauty
Madana-mohana

18. kandarpa-koöi-kaminéya-viçeña-çobhaà
govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi
I worship Govinda, the primeval
Lord, whose unique loveliness
charms millions of Cupids.
Brahma-samhita 5.30

19. Vana-bhoga

20. Brahma’s
mischief

21. Krishna’ Opulence

22. Brahma’s prayers

23. Krishna
instructs
Bhagavad
gita

24. I am the source of all spiritual
and material worlds. Everything
emanates from Me.
ahaà sarvasya prabhavo
mattaù sarvaà pravartate
Bhagavad – gétä 10.8

25. yad yad vibhütimat sattvaà
çrémad ürjitam eva vä
tat tad evävagaccha tvaà
mama tejo-’àça-sambhavam
Know that all opulent, beautiful
and glorious creations spring
from but a spark of My splendor.
Bhagavad – gétä 10.41

26. éçvaraù paramaù kåñëaù
sac-cid-änanda-vigrahaù
anädir ädir govindaù
sarva-käraëa-käraëam
[Brahma Samhita. 5.1]
Kåñëa 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.

27. mattaù parataraà nänyat
kiïcid asti dhanaïjaya
mayi sarvam idaà protaà
sütre maëi-gaëä iva
Bhagavad-Gita As It is 7.7
O conqueror of
wealth, there is no
truth superior to Me.
Everything rests upon
Me, as pearls are
strung on a thread.

28. Arjuna
asking
for
proof...
… and
Lord
Krishna
Showing
Universal
Form

29. Krishna’s
Greatness

30. Lord
Krishna
The underlying
reality
of the
universe

31. Is Krishna an
Avatar of Vishnu ?
eko vai narayana asin
na brahma na isano napo
nagni samau neme dyav-
aprthivi na naksatrani na
suryah sa
“In the beginning of the
creation there was only the
Supreme Personality
Narayana. There was no
Brahma, no Shiva, no fire, no
moon, no stars in the sky, no
sun. ”
(Maha Upanishad 1.1)

32. Is Krishna an
Avatar of Vishnu ?
narayanah paro devas
tasmaj jatas caturmukhah
tasmad rudro 'bhavad devah
sa ca sarvajnatam gatah
“Narayana is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead,
and from Him Brahma was
born, from whom Shiva
was born.”
(Varaha Purana)

33. Is Krishna an Avatar of Vishnu ?
narayanad brahma jayate, narayanad prajapatih prajayate,
narayanad indro jayate, narayanad astau vasavo jayante,
narayanad ekadasa rudra jayante, narayanad dvadasadityah
"From Narayana, Brahma is born, and from Narayana, the
patriarchs are also born.
From Narayana,
Indra is born,
from Narayana
the eight Vasus are born,
from Narayana
the eleven Rudras are born,
from Narayana
the twelve Adityas are born.”
(Narayana Upanishad)

35. Is Krishna an Avatar of Vishnu ?
Now having established Narayana
as the source of Siva, Brahma, Indra
and others, we can see how Sri Krishna
is the original Narayana.
eña vai bhagavän säkñäd ädyo näräyaëaù
pumän
mohayan mäyayä lokaà güòhaç carati
våñëiñu
“This Çré Kåñëa is no other than the
inconceivable, original Personality of
Godhead.
He is the first Näräyaëa, the supreme
enjoyer.

36. Krishna is the source of all Vishnus

37. aiçvaryasya samagrasya
véryasya yaçasaù çriyaù
jïäna-vairägyayoç caiva
saëëäà bhaga itiìgana
Bhagavän, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, is thus defined as one who is full
in six opulences—who has full strength,
fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty, and
renunciation.
Viñëu Puräëa 6.5.47

38. Opulences
• Wealth (aisvarya)
• Strength (Virya)
• Fame (Yasasa)
• Beauty (Sriya)
• Knowledge (Jnana)
• Renunciation (Vairagya)

39. Beauty
Fame
Wealth
Knowledge Renunciation Strength

40. BEAUTY
RENUNCIATION
FAME
KNOWLEDGE
STRENGTH
WEALTH

41. Bhagavän: Possessor of
opulence
•Bhaga – opulence
•vän - one who
possesses

42. çré-bhagavän uväca
• the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
• About 28 times in Bhagavad-gita
• About 140 times in Srimad Bhagavatam

43. Wealth
•Lac-pati……….
•Arab-pati……….
•Karab-pati………..
•Krishna alone is Laxmipati

44. You are Here

49. Milky
Way
Galaxy

52. bhoktäraà yajïa-tapasäà
sarva-loka-maheçvaram
suhådaà sarva-bhütänäà
jïätvä mäà çäntim åcchati
A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me
to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and
austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and
demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all
living entities, attains peace from the pangs of
material miseries.
Bhagavad-gita 5.29

53. ekäàçena sthito jagat
With a single fragment of
Myself I pervade and
support this entire
universe.
Bhagavad-gita 10.42

54. Strength

55. Fame

56. Be Beauty

58. sarvasya cähaà hådi sanniviñöo
mattaù småtir jïänam apohanaà ca
vedaiç ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedänta-kåd veda-vid eva cäham
I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me
come remembrance, knowledge and
forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be
known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedänta,
and I am the knower of the Vedas.
Bhagavad-gita 15.15

59. Nara Narayana Rishi
Donating Urvasi
to Cupid

60. na me bhaktaù
praëaçyati
My devotee
never perishes
Bhagavad-gita 9.31

61. Krishna’s devotees are always protected
• Pandavas
• Prahlad
• Gajendra
• …

62. Demigods ‘ followers always perished,
unless they became Krishna’s devotees
• Hiranyakasipu (benedicted by Brahma)
• Ravana (devotee of Siva)
• Banasura (devotee of Siva)
• …

63. janma karma ca me divyam
evaà yo vetti tattvataù
tyaktvä dehaà punar janma
naiti mäm eti so 'rjuna
One who knows the transcendental
nature of My appearance and
activities does not, upon leaving the
body, take his birth again in this
material world, but attains My
eternal abode, O Arjuna.
Bhagavad-gita 4.9

64. Appearance of Lord Krishna

65. Vasudeva
carrying Baby
Krishna

66. Putana
offering
poison
smeared
breast

67. Krishna
sucked her
life
even as a
small baby
in the lap
of Yashoda

68. Krishna
showing
entire
universe
in his
mouth

69. Räsa-lélä

70. Lord Krishna
Balarama
Saìkarñaëa, Väsudeva, Aniruddha, Pradyumna
Näräyaëa
Kurma, Varaha, Vamana,
Narasimha, etc.

71. ete cäàça-kaläù
puàsaù
kåñëas tu
bhagavän
svayam
Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28

72. ‘ahus tvam rsayah sarve
Devarsir naradas tatha
Asito devalo vyaso
Svayam caiva braveeshi me’
{Bhagavad gita 10.13}
‘All the great sages such
as Narada, Asita, Devala
and Vyasa confirm that
You are the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.’
ALL GREAT SAGES CONFIRM
KRISHNA’S SUPREMACY

73. The great
acharayas like ...

74. Madhavacharya

75. Ramanujacharya

76. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

77. ... have all
confirmed
that
KRISHNA
is that
Supreme
Person

78. Shankaracharya
summarizes…. ekaà çästraà
devaké-putra-
gétam
eko devo
devaké-putra eva
eko mantras
tasya nämäni
yäni
karmäpy ekaà

79. 64 Qualities
• Lord Brahma 50
• Lord Çiva 55
• Lord Viñëu 60
• Lord Krishna 64

80. 4 Exclusive Qualities of Krishna
• Wonderful pastimes, ‘Lila madhuri’
• Surrounded by unalloyed devotees
‘Bhakta madhuri’
• Attracting all by playing on the flute,
‘Venu madhuri’
• Extraordinary beauty, ‘Rupa madhuri’

81. 4 Exclusive Qualities of Krishna
• Wonderful pastimes, ‘Lila madhuri’

82. 4 Exclusive Qualities of Krishna
• Surrounded by unalloyed devotees
‘Bhakta madhuri’

83. 4 Exclusive Qualities of Krishna
• Attracting all by playing on the flute,
‘Venu madhuri’

84. 4 Exclusive Qualities of Krishna
• Extraordinary beauty, ‘Rupa madhuri’

86. To Sum up…
• Though Krishna appears in human
form, His nature is transcendental
• All demigods are Krishna’s subordinates
• Krishna possesses six opulences in full
• Krishna’s devotees are always protected
• Krishna’s birth and activities are
transcendental

87. To Sum up…
• Lord Krishna possesses 4 qualities
which are absent in Vishnu
• Lord Krishna is the source of all
incarnations
• Lord Krishna is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead

88. Thank you !
Hare Krishna !!!

89. Lord Shiva’s position from
scriptures
• The best of the Vaisnavas
– SB 12.13.16
nimna-gänäà yathä gaìgä
devänäm acyuto yathä
vaiñëavänäà yathä çambhuù
puräëänäm idam tathä
• One of the twelve mahajans
• Sings Rudra Geetam to the Pracetas

90. Lord Shiva’s position from
scriptures
• Drinks poison to please Lord Hari
puàsaù kåpayato bhadre sarvätmä préyate
hariù
préte harau bhagavati préye 'haà
sacaräcaraù
tasmäd idaà garaà bhuïje prajänäà svastir
astu me
My dear gentle wife Bhaväné, when one performs
benevolent activities for others, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Hari, is very pleased.

91. Lord Shiva’s position from
scriptures
• Chants Lord’s name
“sri rama rama rameti rame rame manorame
sahasra namah tat tulyam rama nama
varanane” – To mother Sati in Padma Purana
• Protector of the Holy Dhams
• Bewildered by Mohini Murti (SB 8.12)
• Compassionate on ghosts and hobgoblins