Who is God?

LORD SRI KRISHNAThe Supreme Personality

of Godhead

Mattah parataram nanyatkincid asti dhananjayamayi sarvam idam protamsutre mani-gana iva

• No one equal to or above Him

In BG 7.7

“O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.”

• Source of everything.

aham sarvasya

prabhavo

mattah sarvam pravartate

iti matva bhajante mam

budha bhava-samanvitah

BG 10.8

I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.

SB 1.3.28

ete camsah-kalah pumsah

krsnas tu bhagavan

svayam

• He is Bhagvan - all opulent.

Krishna is the original

supreme personality

of Godhead

• Krishna possess all the 6 opulences in full. Aishwarya - Wealth

virya - strength

yash - fame sriya - beauty

jnana - Knowledge

vairagya - renunciation

bhoktaram yajna-

tapasam

sarva-loka-

mahesvaram

suhrdam sarva-bhutanam

jnatva mam santim

rcchati

• Supreme proprietor, controller, enjoyer and well-wisher.

BG 5.29

A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing

Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all

sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord

of all planets and demigods, and the

benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities,

attains peace from the pangs of material

miseries.

• Krishna is a person. Impersonal brahmajyoti is His bodily effulgence.

avajananti mam mudha

manusim tanum asritam

param bhavam ajananto

mama bhuta mahesvaram

brahmano hi

pratishaham

amrtasyavyayasya ca

sasvatasya ca

dharmasya

sukhasyaikantikasya ca

BG 14.27

BG 9.11

And I am the basis of the impersonal

Brahman, which is immortal, imperishable and eternal and is the

constitutional position of ultimate happiness.

Fools deride Me when I descend in the human

form. They do not know My transcendental nature as

the Supreme Lord of all that be

• Krishna can never be immoral

• Krishna and the demigods.

istan bhogan hi vo devadasyante yajna-bhavitahtair dattan apradayaibhyoyo bhunkte stena eva sah

Neither the hosts of demigods nor the

great sages know My origin or opulences,

for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and

sages

ne me viduh sura-ganahprabhavam na maharsayahaham adir hi devanam maharsinam ca sarvasah

BG 10.2

BG 3.12 In charge of the various necessities of

life, the demigods, being satisfied by the performance of yajna [sacrifice], will supply all necessities to you.

But he who enjoys such gifts without

offering them to the demigods in return is

certainly a thief

Demigods

Many One

God

Parts and parcel Supreme Whole

Always worship the supreme as obedient servant

Supreme worshipable

Created by the supreme Supreme creator

Exist within material creation

Beyond material creation

Delegated with various grades of power to manage the affairs of the material creation

Supreme controller

Demigods

God

Subordinate to the will of Supreme

Supremely independent

Have material bodies, hence subjected to birth, old age, disease &death

Completely spiritual body, no birth, no old age, no disease and no death.

Come under the influence of the three material modes to different extents

Come under the influence of the three material modes to different extents

Temporary posts Eternally the same Supreme Lord

antavat tu phalam tesam

tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam

devan deva-yajo yanti

mad-bhakta yanti mam api

Less intelligent Broad intelligence

Worship of Demigods/GOD

BG 7.23 Akamah sarva kamova

Moksha kamah udardhih

Tivrena bhakti yogena

Yajeta purusah param

SB

Benefits are material and temporary

Benefits are eternal

antavat tu phalam

tesam

nehabhikrama-naso 'sti

pratyavayo na vidyate

sv-alpam apy asya

dharmasya

trayate mahato bhayat

BG 2.40

Cannot award benediction without the sanction of the lord

All benedictions are bestowed by him alone

Worship of Demigods/GOD

sa taya sraddhaya yuktas

tasyaradhanam ihate

labhate ca tatah kaman

mayaiva vihitan hi tan

BG 7.22

Endowed with such a

faith, he endeavors to

worship a particular

demigod and obtains his

desires. But in actuality

these benefits are

bestowed by Me alone

yanti deva-vrata devan

pitrn yanti pitr-vratah

bhutani yanti bhutejya

yanti mad-yajino ‘pi mam

Destination - planets of the demigods.

Destination -The spiritual world

BG 9.25

Worship of Demigods/GOD

avyakto 'ksara ity uktas

tam ahuh paramam gatim

yam prapya na nivartante

tad dhama paramam mama

BG 8.21

That which the Vedantists describe as unmanifest

and infallible, that which is known as the supreme destination, that place

from which, having attained it, one never returns -- that is My supreme abode

Those who worship the demigods will take birth

among the demigods; those who worship the

ancestors go to the ancestors; those who

worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live

with Me

Worship of Demigods/GODImproper way

ye’py anya-devata-bhakta

yajante sraddhayanvitah

te ‘pi mam eva kaunteya

yajanty avidhi-purvakam

Proper Way

BG 9.23

sarva-dharman parityajya

mam ekam saranam vraja

aham tvam sarva-papebhyo

moksayisyami ma sucah

BG 18.66

Abandon all varieties of

religion and just surrender

unto Me. I shall deliver you

from all sinful reactions. Do

not fear

Those who are devotees of

other gods and who

worship them with faith

actually worship only Me, O

son of Kunti, but they do

so in a wrong way

Worship of Demigods/GODMostly taken up by demons (asuras)

Mostly taken up by devotees (suras)

Cannot award Supreme liberation

Awards true liberation

Gives one what he wants

Gives one what he needs

Material Devotional service to the Supreme is completely spiritual.

Living entities GOD

Part and parcel of GOD

Many

Subordinate controllers

Supremely independent

Dependent on the Lord

Supremecontroller

One

Complete whole