750405 Lecture - Srila Prabhupada Speaks a Nectar Drop in Mayapur
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Generally, you know, Brahmā is the cre. . . He's also īśvara. He has created this universe. But he's not the supreme īśvara. He's created by Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. He's also īśvara, but He is expansion of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Then He is also īśvara. Then He's also expansion of Sankarsana. Then Saṅkarṣaṇa is expansion of Nārāyaṇa. In this way, you go on, go on, go on, searching out. When you come to the point that no more īśvara—īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha, anādi. . . (Bs. 5.1).
So He has no ādi. Anādir ādiḥ: "He is the beginning of everything, but He has no beginning." How it is, that? He has no. . .? So many īśvaras have beginning. And why? Now, svarāṭ. That is the dis. . . Svarāṭ, completely independent. Janmādy asya yataḥ (SB 1.1.1). This is the Vedānta-sūtra. And it is explained by the Vedānta-sūtra-bhāṣya, janmādy asya yataḥ anvayāt itarataś ca artheṣu abhijñaḥ svarāṭ (SB 1.1.1). Svarāṭ—that is īśvara; that is supreme īśvara. He has no īśvara. Everyone has got īśvara over, but Kṛṣṇa has no over-īśvara. He is the ultimate, Supreme." |
| 750405 - Lecture CC Adi 01.12 - Mayapur |