Saturday, 16 August 2025 [Mayapura, West Bengal, India Time]
Sri Krishna Janmashtami (The most auspicious appearance day of Lord Sri Krishna)
Fasting Till Midnight
Lord Sri Krishna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead:-
“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.”
(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.28)
“Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala, and Vyāsa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.”
(Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 10.12-13)
“Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.”
(Brahma-samhita, 5.1)
“I offer my obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, who is the supreme all-pervading Personality of Godhead. I meditate upon Him, the transcendent reality, who is the primeval cause of all causes, from whom all manifested universes arise, in whom they dwell and by whom they are destroyed. I meditate upon that eternally effulgent Lord who is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations and yet is beyond them. It is He only who first imparted Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmā, the first created being. Through Him this world, like a mirage, appears real even to great sages and demigods. Because of Him, the material universes, created by the three modes of nature, appear to be factual, although they are unreal. I meditate therefore upon Him, the Absolute Truth, who is eternally existent in His transcendental abode, and who is forever free of illusion.”
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 1.1.1)
“The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.”
(Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 5.29)
“Lord Kṛṣṇa alone is the supreme controller, and all others are His servants. They dance as He makes them do so.”
(Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-lila 5.142)
“Kṛṣṇa, the reservoir of all pleasure, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, the supreme controller. No one is greater than or equal to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, yet He appears as the son of Mahārāja Nanda.”
(Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-lila 7.7)
“What is the value of a throne to Lord Kṛṣṇa? The masters of the various planetary systems accept the dust of His lotus feet on their crowned heads. That dust makes the holy places sacred, and even Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Lakṣmī and I myself, who are all portions of His plenary portion, eternally carry that dust on our heads.’
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 10.68.37 & Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya-lila, 20.306)
“O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.”
(Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 7.7)
Śrīla Prabhupāda: “In the Kena Upaniṣad it is stated that the Supreme Brahman is the rest for everything, and Kṛṣṇa has already explained that everything is resting on Him. The Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad confirms that the Supreme Lord, in whom everything is resting, can be realized only by those who engage constantly in thinking of Him.”
(Excerpt From Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 10.12-13, Purport)
“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.”
(Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 10.8)
Srila Prabhupāda: “All Vedic literature agrees that Kṛṣṇa is the source of Brahmā, Śiva and all other demigods. In the Atharva-veda it is said, “yo brahmāṇaṁ vidadhāti: pūrvaṁ yo vai vedāṁś ca gāpayati sma kṛṣṇaḥ.” “It was Kṛṣṇa who in the beginning instructed Brahmā in Vedic knowledge and who disseminated Vedic knowledge in the past.” Then again it is said, “atha puruṣo ha vai nārāyaṇo ‘kāmayata prajāḥ sṛjeya ity upakramya.” “Then the Supreme Personality Nārāyaṇa desired to create living entities.” Again it is said:
nārāyaṇād brahmā jāyate, nārāyaṇād prajāpatiḥ prajāyate, nārāyaṇād indro jāyate, nārāyaṇād aṣṭau vasavo jāyante, nārāyaṇād ekādaśa rudrā jāyante, nārāyaṇād dvādaśādityāḥ.
“From Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā is born, and from Nārāyaṇa, the patriarchs are also born. From Nārāyaṇa, Indra is born, from Nārāyaṇa the eight Vasus are born, from Nārāyaṇa the eleven Rudras are born, from Nārāyaṇa the twelve Ādityas are born.”
It is said in the same Vedas: brahmaṇyo devakī-putraḥ: “The son of Devakī, Kṛṣṇa, is the Supreme Personality.” Then it is said:
eko vai nārāyaṇa āsīn na brahmā na īśāno nāpo nāgni samau neme
dyāv-āpṛthivī na nakṣatrāṇi na sūryaḥ sa ekākī na ramate tasya
dhyānāntaḥ sthasya yatra chāndogaiḥ kriyamāṇāṣṭakādi-saṁjñakā
stuti-stomaḥ stomam ucyate.
“In the beginning of the creation there was only the Supreme Personality Nārāyaṇa. There was no Brahmā, no Śiva, no fire, no moon, no stars in the sky, no sun. There was only Kṛṣṇa, who creates all and enjoys all.”
In the many Purāṇas it is said that Lord Śiva was born from the highest, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, and the Vedas say that it is the Supreme Lord, the creator of Brahmā and Śiva, who is to be worshiped. In the Mokṣa-dharma Kṛṣṇa also says, prajāpatiṁ ca rudraṁ cāpy aham eva sṛjāmi vai tau hi māṁ na vijānīto mama māyā-vimohitau. “The patriarchs, Śiva and others are created by Me, though they do not know that they are created by Me because they are deluded by My illusory energy.” In Varāha Purāṇa it is also said, nārāyaṇaḥ paro devas tasmāj jātaś caturmukhaḥ tasmād rudro ‘bhavad devaḥ sa ca sarvajñatāṁ gataḥ. “Nārāyaṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and from Him Brahmā was born, from whom Śiva was born”
(Excerpt From Bhagavad-gita As It Is 10.8, Purport)
Read More:
Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Lecture on Lord Krishna’s Appearance Day, MONTREAL – August 16, 1968: https://vanisource.org/w/index.php?title=680816_-_Lecture_Festival_Appearance_Day,_Sri_Krsna,_Janmastami_-_Montreal&hl=Janm%C4%81%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADam%C4%AB
Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Lecture on Lord Krishna’s Appearance Day, LONDON – August 21, 1973: https://vanisource.org/w/index.php?title=730821_-_Lecture_Festival_Appearance_Day,_Sri_Krsna,_Janmastami_-_London&hl=Janm%C4%81%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADam%C4%AB
Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Krsna book dictation tapes:
You Simply try to Understand Krishna (some relevant quotes from Srila Prabhupada’s lectures): http://www.prabhupadaconnect.com/You-Simply-try-to…
Celebrating Janmashtami: http://www.prabhupadaconnect.com/Celebrating-Janmastami.html
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is 4.9 and purport: https://prabhupadabooks.com/bg/4/9
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is 18.55 and purport: https://prabhupadabooks.com/bg/18/55
