The exalted position of the pure devotee, sakti avesa avatara, Srila Prabhupada!
April 20, 2015 in Articles, Yasoda nandana Dasa by Nityananda Rama dasa
Jai Srila Prabhupada!
Sometimes they come, however, by the order of the Lord-not to hold any administrative post, but to associate with the Lord in person or to propagate the mesage of God in human society. Such empowered representative are called saktyavesha-avataras, or incarnations invested with transcendental power of attorney.
SB 3.5.21
Srila Prabhupada states that the nitya-siddha-parshadas [eternally liberated associates] are not ordinary living entities like us..
“…The personality of Godhead Lord Vishnu descends to the material planets in his innumerable incarnations for particular purposes, and again He goes back to His own abode. When He descends He is called an avatāra because avatāra means “one who descends.” Neither the Lord Himself nor His specific devotees who come to this earth are ordinary living entities like us …” Srimad-Bhagavatam “The Status Quo” The Appearance of Lord Varaha SB 3.13.47
Srila Prabhupada regarding the position of great liberated souls who appear from time to time in this world.
“… Regarding the first question in your letter about how do we know of the spiritual abodes since once going there no one returns, you should know that the great liberated souls and incarnations who appear from time to time in this material world are not actually coming back, because they are never subject to material contamination or the laws of material nature. For the purpose of delivering the fallen living entities they come here temporarily and then go back when their business is finished, and this is all under the direct order of the Lord. So the appearance of the Lord or the great liberated souls in the material is different from the appearance of the contaminated living entity who is forced to take birth in the material world due to his desire to lord it over the world. In your second question you asked if we will remember the earth, when in Vrindaban, and the answer is certainly. When Narada Muni was talking to Vyasadeva, as you may have read in first volume of our Srimad-Bhagavatam, he was in a spiritual body, but he remembered his previous life and explained it to Vyasadeva. In material life there is forgetfulness, but in spiritual life there is no forgetfulness. I hope this will sufficiently answer these questions for you…” Srila Prabhupada letter to Vrndavanesvari devi dasi – June 6, 1969.
Sometimes they come, however, by the order of the Lord-not to hold any administrative post, but to associate with the Lord in person or to propagate the mesage of God in human society. Such empowered representative are called saktyavesha-avataras, or incarnations invested with transcendental power of attorney.
SB 3.5.21
Srila Prabhupada states that the nitya-siddha-parshadas [eternally liberated associates] are not ordinary living entities like us..
“…The personality of Godhead Lord Vishnu descends to the material planets in his innumerable incarnations for particular purposes, and again He goes back to His own abode. When He descends He is called an avatāra because avatāra means “one who descends.” Neither the Lord Himself nor His specific devotees who come to this earth are ordinary living entities like us …” Srimad-Bhagavatam “The Status Quo” The Appearance of Lord Varaha SB 3.13.47
