Lord Viṣṇu has nothing to do with these material affairs, as a big man, a rich man, has nothing to do personally, but he gets things done by his assistant, by his servant. It is like that. In the Vedas also, Upaniṣad, it is said, na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate. Lord Viṣṇu has nothing to do personally. Na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate, na tat-samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8). Nobody is equal to Him, neither nobody is greater than Him. Everyone is below. Therefore viṣṇu-tattva is asamordhva. Nobody is equal, nobody is higher. To consider equal to viṣṇu-tattva is aparādha, offense. Caitanya Mahāprabhu has warned this offense very strictly.
- prākṛta kariyā māne viṣṇu-kalevara
- aparāra nāhi ihāra upara
- (CC Adi 7.115)
If somebody thinks Viṣṇu as one of the product of this material world, prākṛta . . .
- prākṛta moliye māne viṣṇu-kalevara
- aparāda nāhi āra ihāra rupa
Māyāvādī philosophers, they abuse that Viṣṇu's body is . . . Viṣṇu comes, appears, He accepts a material body. That is condemned, condemned by Bhagavān in Bhagavad-gītā. Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam (BG 9.11). He does not accept any material body. Tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham (BG 4.7). Ātma-māyayā. Sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā (BG 4.6). Not with material help. Ātma-māyayā, cit-śakti. So Kṛṣṇa, there is no difference between Kṛṣṇa's soul and Kṛṣṇa's body. Just like we have got. We are different from this body, and Kṛṣṇa is not different from the body. He does not change His body. Although He assumes several avatāra, but He does not change His body. Advaitam acyutam . . . Acyuta, not different from the original personification, identification. Advaita acyuta anādi ananta-rūpam (BS 5.33). Although He assumes so many varieties of viṣṇu-tattva, still, advaita acyuta anādim ananta-rūpam ādyaṁ purāṇa-puruṣam nava-yauvanaṁ ca (BS 5.33). Therefore viṣṇu-tattva is never, looks like old man. Nava-yauvanam: always young. Kṛṣṇa always young, nava-yauvanaṁ ca.
So in order to confirm Kṛṣṇa's position, here it is not Devakī-suta. Because one may doubt, that "Devakī-suta is ordinary human being, or living being." No. Here it is said, catur-bhuja. Here it is said, bhagavān. Here it is said, catur-bhuja. So we should always remember that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Being. And Kṛṣṇa says, mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat (BG 7.7). Don't think that above Kṛṣṇa there is any other higher authority, either Brahman or Paramātmā or Viṣṇu. So many . . . Absolute Truth is manifested in so many features. But Kṛṣṇa is the original. Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam. Ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28).