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<div class="heading">Aniruddha, the fourth of the quadruple expansions, is worshiped by great sages and psychologists as the principle of the mind. His complexion is similar to the bluish hue of a blue cloud. He engages in the maintenance of the cosmic manifestation and is the Supersoul of Dharma.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 5.41|CC Adi 5.41, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Aniruddha, the fourth of the quadruple expansions, is worshiped by great sages and psychologists as the principle of the mind. His complexion is similar to the bluish hue of a blue cloud. He engages in the maintenance of the cosmic manifestation and is the Supersoul of Dharma (the deity of religiosity), the Manus (the progenitors of mankind) and the devatās (demigods). The Mokṣa-dharma Vedic scripture indicates that Pradyumna is the Deity of the total mind, whereas Aniruddha is the Deity of the total ego, but previous statements regarding the quadruple forms are confirmed in the Pañcarātra tantras in all respects.</p>
<p>In the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (Pūrva 5.86–100), there is a lucid explanation of the inconceivable potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Negating Śaṅkarācārya's statements, the Mahā-varāha Purāṇa declares:</p>
:sarve nityāḥ śāśvatāś ca dehās tasya parātmanaḥ
:hānopādāna-rahitā naiva prakṛti-jāḥ kvacit
<p>"All the varied expansions of the Personality of Godhead are transcendental and eternal, and all of them repeatedly descend to all the different universes of the material creation. Their bodies, composed of eternity, bliss and knowledge, are everlasting; there is no chance of their decaying, for they are not creations of the material world. Their forms are concentrated spiritual existence, always complete with all spiritual qualities and devoid of material contamination."</p>
<p>Confirming these statements, the Nārada Pañcarātra asserts:</p>
:maṇir yathā vibhāgena nīla-pītādibhir yutaḥ
:rūpa-bhedam avāpnoti dhyāna-bhedāt tathācyutaḥ
<p>"The infallible Personality of Godhead can manifest His body in different ways according to different modes of worship, just as the vaidūrya gem can manifest itself in various colors, such as blue and yellow." Each incarnation is distinct from all the others. This is possible by the Lord's inconceivable potency, by which He can simultaneously represent Himself as one, as various partial forms and as the origin of these partial forms. Nothing is impossible for His inconceivable potencies.</p>
<p>Kṛṣṇa is one without a second, but He manifests Himself in different bodies, as stated by Nārada in the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam:</p>
:citraṁ bataitad ekena vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak
:gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasraṁ striya eka udāvahat
<p>"It is wonderful indeed that one Kṛṣṇa has simultaneously become different Kṛṣṇas in 16,000 palaces to accept 16,000 queens as His wives." ([[Vanisource:SB 10.69.2|SB 10.69.2]]) The Padma Purāṇa also explains:</p>
:sa devo bahudhā bhūtvā nirguṇaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
:ekī-bhūya punaḥ śete nirdoṣo harir ādi-kṛt
<p>"The same Personality of Godhead, Puruṣottama, the original person, who is always devoid of material qualities and contamination, can exhibit Himself in various forms and at the same time lie down in one form."</p>
<p>In the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said, yajanti tvan-mayās tvāṁ vai bahu-mūrty-eka-mūrtikam: "O my Lord, although You manifest Yourself in varieties of forms, You are one without a second. Therefore pure devotees concentrate upon You and worship only You." ([[Vanisource:SB 10.40.7|SB 10.40.7]]) In the Kūrma Purāṇa it is said:</p>
:asthūlaś cānaṇuś caiva sthūlo ’ṇuś caiva sarvataḥ
:avarṇaḥ sarvataḥ proktaḥ śyāmo raktānta-locanaḥ
<p>"The Lord is personal although impersonal, He is atomic although great, and He is blackish and has red eyes although He is colorless." By material calculation all this may appear contradictory, but if we understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has inconceivable potencies, we can accept these facts as eternally possible in Him. In our present condition we cannot understand the spiritual activities and how they occur, but although they are inconceivable in the material context, we should not disregard such contradictory conceptions.</p>
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