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universes, Lord Krishna further expands His Vishnu
forms which exactly resemble Narayana except that
they are in the material world. The Vishnu forms are
present in every universe and also in every atom of
the universe and in the heart of every living being in
each of the infinite number of material universes.

To understand that Lord Krishna is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead requires one to accept
that the Lord has inconceivable potencies. He is
personally present everywhere in the spiritual and
material universes by His infinite expansions such as
the Narayana forms in the spiritual world and Vishnu
forms in the material world. Thus, it is impossible to
be equal to or greater than Lord Krishna.

Therefore, the term Godhead is used so that one
may understand the infinite personal expansions of
the Lord by which He is inconceivably one and many
at the same time. The concept of Lord Krishna’s
personal expansions is inconceivable because it is
beyond the ability of any living being including the
chief demigods like Brahma and Siva to emulate
the Lord or even to conceive at one time and place
His infinite and simultaneous expansions. There
are Vedic histories about Brahma and Siva who

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