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Arjuna, “I am the original source of everything.” (Bg
10.8) Thus Lord Krishna is the source of everything
including Lord Narayana. There is another verse in
the Srimad Bhagavatam (3.2.15) that sheds more
light on this subject, “When pure devotees of the
Lord like Vasudeva (Krishna’s father) are disturbed
by dangerous demons like Kamsa, Lord Krishna joins
with all His expansions, such as the Lord of Vaikuntha
(Narayana), and, although unborn, becomes
manifest, just as fire becomes manifest by the
friction of arani wood.” Arani wood is used to ignite
a sacrificial fire without matches or any other flame.
It ignites by friction. Similarly, the Supreme Lord
appears when there is friction between devotees and
non-devotees. When Krishna appears, He appears
in full, including within Himself all His expansions,
such as Narayana, and the quadruple expansions of
Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Aniruddha and Pradyumna.
Krishna is always integrated with His other
incarnations, like Nrsimhadeva, Varaha, Vamana,
Nara-Narayana, Hayagriva and Ajita. In Vrindaban
Lord Krishna sometimes exhibits the functions of
such incarnations by performing incredible pastimes
like killing horrible demons to lifting mountains.

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