In His vaibhava-prakāśa feature, the Lord manifests Himself as Balarāma. The Balarāma feature is as good as Kṛṣṇa Himself, the only difference being that the bodily hue of Kṛṣṇa is dark and that of Balarāma is fair. The vaibhava-prakāśa form was also displayed when Kṛṣṇa appeared before His Mother Devakī in the four-handed form of Nārāyaṇa, just when He entered the world. At the request of His parents, however, He transformed Himself into a two-handed form. Thus He sometimes manifests four hands and sometimes two. The two-handed form is actually vaibhava-prakāśa, and the four-handed form is prābhava-prakāśa. In His personal form, Kṛṣṇa is just like a cowherd boy, and He thinks of Himself in that way. But when He is in the Vāsudeva form, He thinks of Himself as the son of a kṣatriya and acts as a princely administrator.
Ksatriya (Other Books)
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Teachings of Lord Caitanya
Page Title: | Ksatriya (Other Books) |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, ChandrasekharaAcarya |
Created: | 04 of Dec, 2011 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=105, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 105 |