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1.1                                   Śrī Cāṇakya-nīti

          Regarding worship of Lord Viṣṇu as transcendent to this material
          world, Śrīla Prabhupāda gives the following quote in the introduction
          to the eleventh chapter of the Sixth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam:

             If one is a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord
             Viṣṇu, and depends on Lord Viṣṇu in every respect, then victory,
             opulence and peace of mind are all inevitably available. Such a
             person has nothing for which to aspire in the three worlds. The
             Supreme Lord is so kind that He especially favors such a devotee
             by not giving him opulence that will hamper his devotional service.
             Therefore I wish to give up everything for the service of the Lord.
             I wish always to chant the glories of the Lord and engage in His
             service. Let me become unattached to my worldly family and make
             friendships with the devotees of the Lord. I do not desire to be
             promoted to the higher planetary systems, even to Dhruvaloka or
             Brahmaloka, nor do I desire an unconquerable position within this
             material world. I have no need for such things.

          Lord Viṣṇu is a four-armed expansion—or plenary portion—of
          Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Kṛṣṇa
          is identified as the Supreme Lord throughout the Vedic literature, as

          confi rmed by Śrīla Vyāsadeva in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3.28):

                  et e cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
                  indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ mṛḍayanti yuge yuge
             All  of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions
             or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is
             the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets
             whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord
             incarnates to protect the theists.


          Significantly, the Sanskrit word tu (but) lends important emphasis as
          in, “But—out of all other incarnations and forms of the Lord—Śrī
          Kṛṣṇa is the self-sufficient Supreme Lord.”

          Lord Brahmā, the creator demigod (who is born from a lotus springing
          from the navel of Lord  Viṣṇu), sings in his  Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā:

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