TEXT 34
apisvid aste bhagavan sukham vo
yah satvatam kama-dugho niruddhah
yam amananti sma hi sabda-yonim
mano-mayam sattva-turiya-tattvam
SYNONYMS
apias also; svitwhether; astedoes He; bhagavanthe Personality of Godhead; sukhamall happiness; vahof you; yahone who; satvatamof the devotees; kama-dughahsource of all desires; aniruddhahthe plenary expansion Aniruddha; yamwhom; amanantithey accept; smafrom yore; hicertainly; sabda-yonimthe cause of the Rg Veda; manah-mayamcreator of the mind; sattvatranscendental; turiyathe fourth expansion; tattvamprinciple.
TRANSLATION
May I inquire whether Aniruddha is doing well? He is the fulfiller of all the desires of the pure devotees and has been considered from yore to be the cause of the Rg Veda, the creator of the mind and the fourth Plenary expansion of Visnu.
PURPORT
Adi-caturbhuja, the original expansions from Baladeva, are Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. All of Them are visnu-tattvas, or nondifferent Personalities of Godhead. In the incarnation of Sri Rama, all these different expansions appeared for particular pastimes. Lord Rama is the original Vasudeva, and His brothers were Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Aniruddha is also the cause of Maha-Visnu, from whose breathing the Rg Veda appeared. All this is nicely explained in the Markandeya Purana. In the incarnation of Lord Krsna, Aniruddha appeared as the son of the Lord. Lord Krsna in Dvaraka is the Vasudeva expansion of the original group. The original Lord Krsna never leaves Goloka Vrndavana. All the plenary expansions are one and the same visnu-tattva, and there is no difference in Their potency.

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