Sri Radha and the creation of MahaVisnu from Brahma Vaivarta Purana

[Paramananda das]

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The Birth of Mahavishnu:
“O Lord of the earth, by whose twinkling of an eye Brahma is destroyed, the same Lord Krsna the teacher of the universe stays in Vrndavana at the beginning of the universe. At that point of time, Radha emerges from his left side in the Rasamandala who carries the fragrance from the seed of Lord Krsna up to the life of Brahma. Thereafter, in the Rasamandala of Goloka, she gives birth to an egg. At the sight of the egg she is filled with grief, her heart becomes painful, and she throws away the egg from Goloka over the universe. Thus disowning the egg, she laments again and again. Then Lord Krsna who is well-versed in Yoga enlightens her variously. Out of that egg, Mahavishnu is born who happens to be the best of all.”
– Krishna Janma Khanda 54.120
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Paramananda Das
Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.48
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya
jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ
viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
Synonyms
yasya — whose; eka — one; niśvasita — of breath; kālam — time; atha — thus; avalambya — taking shelter of; jīvanti — live; loma-vila-jāḥ — grown from the hair holes; jagat-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ — the masters of the universes (the Brahmās); viṣṇuḥ mahān — the Supreme Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu; saḥ — that; iha — here; yasya — whose; kalā-viśeṣaḥ — particular plenary portion or expansion; govindam — Govinda; ādi-puruṣam — the original person; tam — Him; aham — I; bhajāmi — worship.
Translation
Brahmā and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mahā-Viṣṇu, remain alive as long as the duration of one exhalation of the latter [Mahā-Viṣṇu]. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whose subjective personality Mahā-Viṣṇu is the portion of portion.
Purport
The supreme majesty of the subjective nature of Viṣṇu is shown here.
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Paramananda Das
Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.20
yojayitvā tu tāny eva
praviveśa svayaṁ guhām
guhāṁ praviṣṭe tasmiṁs tu
jīvātmā pratibudhyate
Synonyms
yojayitvā — after conglomerating; tu — then; tāni — them; eva — certainly; praviveśa — He entered; svayam — Himself; guhām — the hidden cavity; guhām — the hidden cavity; praviṣṭe — after He entered; tasmin — within that; tu — then; jīva-ātmā — the jīvas; pratibudhyate — were awakened.
Translation
By conglomerating all those separate entities He manifested the innumerable mundane universes and Himself entered into the inmost recess of every extended conglomerate [viraḍ-vigraha]. At that time those jīvas who had lain dormant during the cataclysm were awakened.
Purport
The word guhā (hidden cavity) bears various interpretations in the śāstras. In some portions the nonmanifestive pastimes of the Lord is called guhā and elsewhere the resting place of the indwelling spirit of all individual souls, is named guhā. In many places the inmost recesses of the heart of each individual is termed guhā. The main point is that the place which is hidden from the view of men in general, is designated guhā. Those jīvas that were merged in Hari at the end of the life of Brahmā in the great cataclysm during the preceding great age of the universe, reappeared in this world in accordance with their former fruitive desires.
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Paramananda Das
Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.19
tattvāni pūrva-rūḍhāni
kāraṇāni parasparam
samavāyāprayogāc ca
vibhinnāni pṛthak pṛthak
cic-chaktyā sajjamāno 'tha
bhagavān ādi-pūruṣaḥ
yojayan māyayā devo
yoga-nidrām akalpayat
Synonyms
tattvāni — elements; pūrva-rūḍhāni — previously created; kāraṇāni — causes; parasparam — mutually; samavāya — of the process of conglomeration; aprayogāt — from the nonapplication; ca — and; vibhinnāni — separate; pṛthak pṛthak — one from another; cit-śaktyā — with His spiritual potency; sajjamānaḥ — associating; atha — then; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādi-pūruṣaḥ — the primal Godhead; yojayan — causing to join; māyayā — with Māyā; devaḥ — the Lord; yoga-nidrām — Yoganidrā; akalpayat — He consorted with.
Translation
Before their conglomeration the primary elements in their nascent state remained originally separate entities. Nonapplication of the conglomerating process is the cause of their separate existence. Divine Mahā-Viṣṇu, primal Godhead, through association with His own spiritual [cit] potency, moved Māyā and by the application of the conglomerating principle created those different entities in their state of cooperation. And after that He Himself consorted with Yoganidrā by way of His eternal dalliance with His spiritual [cit] potency.
Purport
Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram: [Bg. 9.10] "The mundane energy prakṛti gives birth to this universe of animate and inanimate beings by My direction." The purport of this śloka of the Gītā is that Māyā, the perverted reflection of spiritual (cit) potency, was at first inactive and her extension of matter constituting the material cause was also in the separately dislocated state. In accordance with the will of Kṛṣṇa this world is manifested as the resultant of the union of the efficient and the material causal principles of Māyā. In spite of that, the Supreme Lord Himself remains united with His cit potency. Yoganidrā. The word yoganidrā or yogamāyā indicates as follows: The nature of cit potency is manifestive of the Absolute Truth, while the nature of her perverted reflection, Māyā, is envelopment in the gloom of ignorance. When Kṛṣṇa desires to manifest something in the mundane ignorance-wrapt affairs, He does this by the conjunction of His spiritual potency with His inactive nonspiritual potency. This is known as Yogamāyā. It carries a twofold notion, namely, transcendental notion and mundane inert notion. Kṛṣṇa Himself, His subjective portions and those jīvas who are His unalloyed separated particles, realize the transcendental notion in that conjunction, while conditioned souls feel the mundane inert notion. The external coating of transcendental knowledge in the conscious activities of conditioned souls, bears the name of Yoganidrā. This is also an influence of the cit potency of the Divinity. This principle will be more elaborately considered hereafter.
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Krsna is the primary creator, but Sri Radha His Sakti, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura also describes that Sri Radha created Navadvipa Dhama, Srila Prabhupadas Godbrother Srila Sridhara Swami has explaiend the gloires of the Sun planet really comes from Sri Radha as all the effulgence of the sun comes from Sri Radha and thus the Brahma Gayatri mantra is actually really meant to worship Sri Radha , here clearly Brahma Vaivarta Purana states ,Sri Radha Manifested Lord MahaVisnu on hte order of Sri Krsna
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this is from Brahma Vaivarta Purana ,first time I ever read this today
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“Since the particles of dust and atoms can never be counted, similarly the number of your devotees cannot be counted but the one who is the creator of everyone’s who can be competent enough to offer prayers to him because the Mahavishnu one in whose hair-pit a complete globe is enshrined happens to be only the sixteenth part of your rays.”
– Krishna Janma Khanda Ch. 5, 110-111
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https://www.hinduismfacts.org/hindu-gods-and.../mahavishnu/
Mahavishnu - The Creator of Multiple Universes – Hinduism Facts
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Mahavishnu - The Creator of Multiple Universes – Hinduism Facts
Mahavishnu - The Creator of Multiple Universes – Hinduism Facts
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“Thus, the mother of Mahavishnu, who is the great goddess, is known as Mulaprakrti. After absorbing everything into her body, she merges into the chest of the lord.”
– Krishna Janma Khanda 54.91
“His Radha is dearer to him than his life which represents great fortune. She happens to be the creator of Mahavishnu and is the basic Prakrti and the supreme goddess.”
– Prakriti Khanda 48.51
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