16/08/2025
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Mystery behind Divine Descension
Since childhood we have heard “God is one” and there are several Divine authorities. Also, we hear Shri Krishna is the Supreme God. The same scriptures also assert that all forms of God are equally significant and powerful.
Well all this is confusing to say the least. Hence let us solve this mystery here:
All the scriptures and the Vedas unanimously assert, Shri Krishna is the Supreme Lord. Let us examine why the Vedas and other scriptures proclaim that He is the Absolute Supreme Being?
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Who is the Supreme God?
Shri Krishna is the Supreme God.
According to the Vedas there is one Supreme Being, who is Shri Krishna. All other forms of God are called descent or ‘Avatar’. Shri Krishna is the source of all Avatars i.e. He is the ‘Avatari’.
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Avatar (Descension)
At the time of creation, Lord Krishna (Avatari) reveals a power from His being, who in our scriptures, is known as the First Avatar (Pratham Purush) or Karnarnavshayee Maha Vishnu The one, who sleeps in Karnarnav.
What is Karnarnav?
All the Avatars have their own abodes or dham. Golok Dham of Shri Krishna is situated at highest platform. Below Golok is Baikunth Dham and below Baikunth are the abodes of all other forms of God. A divine river flows around these abodes, called the ‘Viraja River’ or Karnarnav.
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The first avatar-Karnarnavshayee Maha Vishnu, glanced towards nature () and the stagnant position of nature immediately turned in motion. The movement of nature exposed a gigantic form of light -
This light created three kinds of ego. The Sattvik mode of ego revealed the celestial gods (devatas), Rajas mode of ego revealed the senses and tamas mode of ego revealed the matters of the senses. Five gross elements were created thereafter. Thus the first Mahavishnu activated PRAKRITI (nature) only by a quick glance. After that He revealed innumerable Garbhodashayee Maha Vishnu or second Vishnu, one in each universe.
The first avatar Karnarnavshayee
Mahavishnu slept in the ocean of Karnarnav subsequently.
Now, the second Vishnu filled half of the respective universe with water. Then He revealed a creator of the universe from his navel, called Brahma (). Now Brahma revealed third Vishnu known as ‘Kchheerodshayee Vishnu’ (. He also revealed Lord Shankar.
Kchheerodshayee Vishnu dwells in the hearts of all the living beings as Paramaatmaa and notes all our actions and gives us fruits accordingly. He is endowed with four arms with conch, disc, club and lotus.
According to our scriptures one KALP is 4.29 billion years long. This is equal to one day of Brahma. The avatars of all forms of God (Ram, Krishna, Durga, Shankar etc.) emanate from Kchheerodshayee Vishnu in different ages. For instance, Lord Ram descends in every Treta age. Likewise Shri Krishna descends in every Dwapar age. These avatars of each age are the descent of The Supreme Shri Krishna’s third descension i.e. Kchheerodshayee Vishnu. These Avatars are called Yugavatar.
The Supreme Lord Krishna, descends only in the 28th Dwapar of the 7th Manvantar i.e. once in a Kalp (4.29 billion years). The Supreme Shri Krishna, descends after a Kalp, only for one reason - to impart divine love to the deserving souls. Shri Krishna, who descended 5000 years ago, with Shri Radha Rani is the Supreme Shri Krishna, who descends after a Kalp. He is not the descent of Kchheerodshayee Vishnu
We will discuss other interesting facts about the descension of Supreme Lord Shri Krishna in the next edition.
Continued...
The Mystery behind Divine Descensions – Part 2
Shri Krishna, who descended 5000 years ago is called “Swayam Shri Krishna” or Avatari (the ultimate source of all the descensions of God). The sole purpose of His descension was to impart Divine love to deserving souls. However, we are also aware that Shri Krishna killed all the demons such as Pootna, Aghasur, Bakasur, Kans etc. So, the obvious question is if it was not Shri Krishna, then "who killed these demons?" Yugavatar Shri Krishna performed these tasks. As mentioned in the previous edition, Shri Krishna descends in every Dwapar Yug. The avatars, who descend in various yugs are the revelations of Kchheerodshayee Mahavishnu. Kchheerodshayee Mahavishnu is the avatar of Garbhodashayee Mahavishnu who is the avatar of Karnarnavshayee Mahavishnu, who is the avatar of Swayam Shri Krishna. So, when Swayam Shri Krishna descends after a Kalp (1 Kalp is 4.29 Billion Years), Yugavatar Shri Krishna merges into Him and performs rest of the activities. Swayam Shri Krishna does nothing except bestowing Divine love bliss to the deserving souls. Supreme Brahm Shri Krishna descended on this earth on the eighth day of Bhadra pada (6th month in the Hindu calendar, Saka Samvat) in the 28th Dwapar of 7th Manvantar of Saraswat Kalp as the son of Devaki and Vasudev. Although, the way He descended on the earth indicates that he took birth like other ordinary children. However, it was not so. He did not enter the womb of mother Devaki. Rather, he appeared as a child in front of mother Devaki. The question arises, why is Shri Krishna’s descension called Janma (birth) and why do we celebrate it as Janmashtami? His descension appeared like a natural birth process of a child. Even though He never entered and suffered in the womb of Devaki. In fact, He entered Devaki's heart and not her womb. By His unique power of Yogmaya, He made Devaki feel that He has entered her womb, He filled her belly with air ( . He kept Himself unattached. Nevertheless, His miraculous power Yogmaya made her feel that a baby had arrived in her tummy and she also felt the gradual development and movement of the child in her womb. The entire world witnessed the pregnancy of Devaki. Devaki experienced that her womb was getting bigger because she had conceived a baby. She did not know there was nothing in her womb except air. At the time of birth, Shri Krishna put her to sleep as if she was tired of giving birth to a child. Then He appeared besides her crying like a newborn baby. Then Devaki came to know about the birth of her child .
That is why Lord Krishna said in Geeta:
O Arjun! I have taken many births like you. But I know about all of them, you don’t.” Because His birth is Divine and the process of His birth is incomprehensible. Some of us may have doubts regarding His appearance as per the previously mentioned process. However, a little reflection on what happened just before His appearance can clarify this doubt. The Bhagavatam says Before revealing Himself to the world, Shri Krishna revealed His absolute Divine form to Devaki. She saw Him in His most beautiful Divine form adorned with Shankh (conch shell), Chakkra (disc), Gada (club) and Padm (lotus) in His four hands. Let us reflect logically, if Shri Krishna was dwelling in Devaki's womb in this form with Chakkra etc., then Sudarshan Chakkra God’s disc, which has the power to cut millions of thunderbolts of Indra, would have cut her into pieces. Also, the Chakkra has the effulgence equivalent to millions of Suns. That alone would reduce her to ashes before His birth. It proves He was not in the womb. Yet He revealed Himself in such a Divine way that nobody could fathom that His birth was not ordinary. That is why His birth is also called descension (Avataran). Why don’t we call His appearance day as Avatarashtami Then? Shri Krishna wanted to grant Devaki and Yashoda the pleasure of being His mother. Devaki had observed severe penance for thousands of years to receive a boon of being His mother. Shri Krishna granted her desire. That is why Devaki and Yashoda experienced the birth of Shri Krishna as their son. They thoroughly relished having Shri Krishna as their real son and responded with intense maternal love towards Him. Other inhabitants of Braj too experienced the real birth of Shri Krishna and enjoyed it. There is a reason why the devotees like to use the word Janma (Birth) versus Avatar (descension). That being the word Avatar reminds them the majesty of God. The devotees do not care for His Majestic form, they simply love God wholeheartedly as their own relative or friend or beloved. Where there is majesty, there is fear. Where there is fear, there is no love. The word Janma brings them closer to Shri Krishna and generates natural love for Him. If He is Almighty, Omnipresent God then why did he descend? There are three prevalent reasons of descension of God depicted in the Geeta: 1. Protect virtuous devotees. 2. Destroy demons 3. Establish religion. But, these causes cannot be the only reason for His descent, as Almighty and Omnipresent God can do these from His Divine abode as well. Further, He always protects His devotees all the time. If the devotees are protected, the religion will survive for sure. The One, for Whom the Vedas say “He just closes His eyes to annihilate the world” Such Omni-potent God does need to descend to earth to kill a few insignificant demons? The reason for His descension should be such, which cannot be accomplished without the physical presence of Almighty God. Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj, the authentic spiritual leader of this age says there is one reason given in Shrimad Bhagvat Mahapuran that seems to be more logical. He descended to bless the Paramhansas. He descended to deliver the God – realized souls of Gyan Marg. Those who worship and realize formless God, following the path of knowledge are called Paramhansas. These scholars perceive the Divine soul, completely oblivious of any misery or happiness in the world. After leaving this earthly body, they merge into the Supreme Being. There they enjoy the bliss of formless God forever. Their happiness is called Brahmanand. But they can never enjoy the ever increasing Divine love Bliss of the Divine form of God, which is millions time higher than the bliss of Brahmanand and is forever increasing. It is called Premanand. When God descends on the earth, these Paramhansas get a chance to taste the nectar of Sagun Sakaar Brahm (God in a human form with Divine attributes and pastimes). As soon as they receive this rare opportunity, they immediately drown in the ocean of Premanand forgetting about all about Brahmanand. Because they know this bliss also belongs to the same Supreme Personality in a visible form. For example, Janak Ji Maharaj had just a glimpse of Bhagwan Shri Ram in the Pushpa-vatika. He kept looking at Him without blinking an eyelid. King Janak's royal servants reminded him of all that needed to be accomplished that day. King Janak said, “I don’t know what is happening to my naturally detached mind! I cannot refrain myself from looking at this beautiful child. I know the same formless God, Who I used to visualize in the form of light, has appeared in such an attractive form today”. Sanakadik Paramhans just smelt the fragrance of His lotus feet through the breeze and forgot about Brahmanand without any choice of consideration. Shukdev Paramhans heard about the beauty of Shri Krishna and he too forgot about the Brahmanand. Then he heard the entire Bhagavat from Vedvyas Ji and recited it to Pareekchhit Ji. That is why the Bhagvat says: The bliss of Shri Krishna is so magnetic that even the selfcomplacent great Paramhansas could not resist it and unconsciously drowned in the ocean of Divine love bliss. This could not have been possible without the physical presence of God. Thus, one true reason for His descension was to bless the Paramhansas, who otherwise, would have been deprived of his Premanand forever. There is one more reason, which is apparently more authentic and helpful to us, the ordinary human beings. That will be revealed in next edition. Continued…
Mystery of Divine Descension – Conclusion The third and the most important reason of descension of Supreme Brahma Shri Krishna is His nature of grace. Lord Krishna said in the Geeta n me || “I do not have to obtain or earn anything”. Hence the ONLY reason for every action of God is to bestow grace on others. Ling Puran says: “Because He does not have any desire for Himself, He does everything only for the benefit of others. How did He benefit us, the ordinary beings? In fact, all the pastimes in Ramavatar and Krishnavatar were so confusing for common people that they did not even believe that He was God. For example, when Sita Ji was abducted by Ravan, Shri Ram was so deluded that He started asking the trees, mountains, animals and birds the whereabouts of Sita Ji It is easy to deliver the most intelligent ones or the most innocent ones, but the average people suffer without any remedy. Because the brilliant ones can easily assimilate the philosophy, yet they are rare like Shankaracharya, Vallabhacharya etc. On the other hand the most ignorant people can admit their incompetence. They easily trust others and tend to follow the advice of others. Therefore they too can be easily delivered. For example, there was a boy, who was very naive and poor. Once he asked a priest of a temple, “I see you serving these idols every day. Why do you do all this?” The priest replied, “He is God, That’s why I serve Him everyday”. “Why?” said the little boy. The priest replied “If He gets pleased by my service, He will give me everything and I will become happy forever.” The boy asked again with great astonishment, “Really? Can He make me happy too?” The priest said,” Of course, if you also worship Him like me.” The innocent boy insisted that the priest give him an idol. The priest knew the boy cannot afford to buy an idol of God. So, just to get rid of him, the priest gave him an old toy idol of Shri Krishna and said to him, “He is your friend. If you please Him, He will provide you everything”.
The boy asked, “What should I do to please my friend?” The priest, considering his ability, said, “Just burn one incense everyday in front of Him; He will be pleased very soon”. The poor boy brought the idol home and managed to buy a packet of incense. He faithfully burnt one incense everyday but he did not find any difference in his poor condition. After ten days the boy warned God, “I made you my friend based on the advice from the priest, since he assured me that you would help me as a good friend. But, it seems you are not a good friend at all. I will watch for couple of more days. Then I will bring another friend”. But again the situation was same. Being disappointed he managed to bring another idol of Shri Krishna and replaced the new one with the old one and put the older one aside as if it was now rejected. But when he burned the incense the fumes continued to go towards the older one. He changed the direction of incense and also the direction of the older idol several times, saying, “No, You can’t enjoy the fragrance anymore. I burned it for my new friend only.” Yet the fumes still went towards the older idol. Then He thought, he is very stubborn and selfish. He would not listen to me. He brought some cotton and inserted it in the nose of the older idol. Still the fume continued to go in the same direction. Being extremely displeased he brought more cotton and kept inserting it in the nose of older one. Eventually, Shri Krishna was pleased with the boy’s innocence and the firm faith that the idol was God himself and He appeared from the idol. He held the boy’s hand and said “What are you doing yaar! Do you want to kill your friend? Thus his innocence and faith made him realize God. But most of us, who neither accept our ignorance due to ego, nor are competent to comprehend the abstruse philosophy of the Vedas get stranded. It is for such people that God descends on earth. We do not get any benefit at the time of His descension but when He leaves this mortal world, He leaves behind His names, forms, pastimes, attributes, abodes and also His devotees. These devotees educate us of His divine relationship with us, the need to know Him, the path and methods to get to know Him to attain unlimited bliss. Then we, with the help of all what belongs to Him, remember God, practice devotion and become free from Maya. Most of His devotees such as Soor, Meera, Tulasi, Kabir, Nanak, Tukaram etc, realized God only by remembering His pastimes and names etc. Thus His descension makes it easy for ordinary beings to worship Him. First, if God were to not take a form and descend, we would have to worship formless God, which is very difficult. The path of knowledge teaches to worship formless God. The prerequisite to tread on this path is to be completely detached from the world. In other words, even the sudden loss of family, wealth, and job at the same time, must not perturb the devotee on the path of knowledge. He should be completely neutral. It is very difficult for any material human being to be so. Second, formless God has no name, form, attributes or pastimes. How can a person focus on Him? Lord Krishna said in Geeta: The human beings are endowed with a form. They have a natural habit of loving things with form only. Therefore it is almost impossible for them to love formless entity. Third, the final result after perfection of formless devotion is liberation, in which the devotee merges into the Supreme Being and thus becomes one with God. Then despite remaining in the ocean of bliss forever, he cannot enjoy the ever increasing divine bliss, because he becomes bliss himself. Then who will enjoy the bliss? He gets rid of miseries of the world forever, yet he has no possibility of enjoying the bliss. Thus the path of knowledge, which teaches to worship formless God, fulfills only half the goal of life. The more significant goal of enjoying ever increasing bliss remains unfulfilled. So, God descends to bestow ever increasing divine love bliss, which is the highest goal of human life. Otherwise how could we know about personal forms of God and then how could we, who cannot be fully detached before commencement of practice of Godrealization, cross the ocean of Maya? In other words, God realization was quite impossible for an ordinary man. This is His mercy that He descends as a human being, acts like us to uplift us, gives us knowledge that He is formless but He can reveal Himself in countless forms. All His forms are divine with ever new and ever increasing bliss. He also tells us that constant remembrance of His divine names or pastimes or forms etc. may enable one to traverse the ocean of Maya. The path of devotion needs no other knowledge, rituals or material aids. Just love God exclusively by heart and realize Him. He brings forth many other parts of philosophy through his pastimes or lifestyle to establish peace in life.
Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
Translation by Banchary Didiji
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"You should not do chanting without rupadhyana. (loving remembrance).First of all conceive the beautiful divine form of Shri Krishna, then sing the glories of His names, forms, abodes and the qualities. Most of the time you do it mechanically, merely with your tongue. However you should always, first meditate lovingly upon God.There is no harm if you engage your senses also in devotional practice, but mere engagement of the senses will amount to nothing unless the mind is also engaged.It would be like multiplying zero by one million.The result will be zero.First do rupadhyana then engage in any devotional practice. Rupadhyana alone is considered to be true devotion. ........
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