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incarnations. Some authorities say that Krishna is
Vamana deva, the dwarf incarnation. Others say
Krishna is an incarnation of Ksirodakasayi Vishnu.
Because Krishna is the source of all incarnations, He
is considered as non-different than His incarnations.
The fifteenth century saint Srila Rupa Goswami has
explained that Lord Krishna is both Ksirodakasayi
Vishnu and Narayana in the spiritual sky and
expanded in the quadruple forms known as
Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
He has refuted the idea that Krishna is an incarnation
of Narayana.

However, some devotees think that Narayana is the
original Personality of Godhead and that Krishna is an
incarnation. Even Sankaracharya in his commentary
on the Bhagavad-Gita has confirmed. Narayana is
Krishna Supreme Personality of Godhead who has
come as the son of Devaki and Vasudeva. This subject
may be difficult to understand. Vaisnavas rely on the
authoritative statements of the Vedic scriptures and
the affirmation of the same by previous saints. Srila
Rupa Goswami has quoted the Bhagavad-gita to shed
light on the proper understanding. Krishna tells

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