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SUTRA II. 3. 45.

स्मरन्ति च॥२.३.४५॥

smaranti ca ..2.3.45..

… Smaranti, the Smritis declare. … Cha, and.

COMMENTARY

In the Mahavaraha Purana we read as follows:

The Amsha is used in two senses, (i) the Amsha or part of one’s ownself and hence identical with himself, (ii) a part separate from one’s ownself. The first called Svamsha is absolutely identical with the whole, of which it is a part. It has all the powers, the nature and the condition of the original; there is not the slightest difference between it and its prototype. The second called Vibhinna Amsha has lesser power, lesser energy, lesser attributes than the original. The Sva-amshas are all full of perfect attributes and free from all defects.

The sense of the above is this: In the Bhagavata Purana it is said:

«These Avataras are the partial manifestations (Amshakala) of the Supreme Person, but Krishna is the Lord Himself». This verse does not mean that other Avataras, like the Fish and the rest, are in any respect inferior to the Lord; but that they are the Supreme Lord in His entirety, and are not Amshas in the same sense as the Jivas are the Amshas of the Lord. On the other hand, (hey are like the various aspects of the same Lord manifesting different powers, just like the crystal and the rest, which show different attributes at different times. When the Lord in his Avatara manifests all His powers, then He is called a full Avatara, but when He manifests only a portion of His powers, thou he is said to be a partial Avatara. In His Avatara as Krishna, all the six powers were fully manifested, but in other Avataras, a fewer number of these powers were shown forth, and hence they were called Amshakalas. It may be illustrated by the example of a great professor, who is master of all the sciences, and who is, therefore, called a perfect master; but when he addresses a lower class of intellects, he may not expound to them all the six Shastras, but only a particular portion; and in that aspect of his teaching, he may be called a partial teacher; though as a matter of fact, he is master of six sciences. It is only in the Lord Krishna, the infant sucking at the breast of mother Yashoda, that we find the perfect manifestation of all the six attributes which constitute the Godhead, such, for example, supreme love for all humanity or an object of supreme love for all humanity, the maker of the supremely sweet heavenly music which turns the head of even the wisest Gods like Brahma and the rest, the possessor of the most ravishing and beautiful form, which enchants all who behold it, and immeasurable compassion and the rest. These attributes are fully mentioned in the tenth Skandha of the Bhagavata Purana. The Lord in His manifestation of Shri Krishna was attended by all His energies, like Radha and the rest, as described in the Purusha Bodhini Shruti. But in His other Avataras, like those of the Fish and the rest, He did not bring down all His energies, nor did He manifest all His attributes. But these Avataras were identical with the Lord and though called Amshas, they were not parts of Brahman in the same sense as Jivas are said to ‘to His parts. In the Rik-parishishta the various powers of the Lord are fully described.

The author now adduces another argument to prove the same conclusion.

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