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yet they all remain part and parcel of the Supreme
Lord or connected to Him. In the Katha Upanisad,
the unique position of Lord Krishna as the origin of
everything and the maintainer of all is confirmed.
nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam/eko bahunam yo
vidadhati Kaman, “He is the prime eternal among all
eternals. He is the supreme living entity of all living
entities, and He alone is maintaining all life.” (Katha
Upanishad 2.2.13) Lord Krishna is eternally in the
spiritual world and He also appears in the material
world by manifesting innumerable transcendental
forms or incarnations (avatars) not only among
human beings but in all species of living entities. This
is confirmed in the Brahma Samhita composed by
Brahma himself after he became fully self-realized
by meditating on Lord Krishna. He said, “I worship
Govinda, the primeval Lord, who manifested Himself
personally as Kṛṣṇa and the different avatāras in the
world in the forms of Rāma, Nṛsiḿha, Vāmana, etc.,
as His subjective portions.” (BS 5,39) Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada has commented on this verse. He
writes, “The Lord has innumerable forms and names,
and devotees may meditate upon a particular form
and chant the holy name according to his attraction.
The best course is to hear of the holy name, form
and so on from a pure devotee of the same standard

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