Types of VISHNU..

Lets talk about..the "three Viṣṇus" who maintain the material worlds, the unlimited "Brahmanda material universes" coming from Maha-Visnu's Bodily Form.

1 - Mahā-Visnu (Kāraṇodakaśāyī Visnu) seen in painting below.

2 - Garbhodakaśāyī Visnu (Hiraņyagarbha)

3 - Ksirodakaśāyī Visnu (Paramātmā)

Maha-Visnu (Kāraṇodakaśāyī Visnu) is an expansion of Balarama, the first expansion of Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes.

Krsna is the Supreme individual Person as a spiritual bodily form with 2 arms, two legs etc as His eternal appearance.

All marginal living entities (jiva-souls) in their original position (bodily form), are also in the image of Krsna.

In Gauḍīya Vaisnavism the Sātvata-tantra describes three different forms, or aspects, of Krsna's Visnu expansions as-

1 - Mahā-Visnu (Kāraṇodakaśāyī Visnu)

2 - Garbhodakaśāyī Visnu (Hiraņyagarbha)

3 - Ksirodakaśāyī Visnu (Paramātmā)

Maha-Visnu further expands as the form of Garbhodakaśāyī Visnu (Hiraņyagarbha) who enters each of the millions of large universes known as a Brahmandas that all originate from the pores of Maha-Visnu's Body and creates a secondary universe inside the Brahmanda.

Each Garbhodakashayi Visnu lays down deep inside each of these massive Brahmanda outer surrounding universes and a Lord Brahma appears from His naval and builds the various planetary systems within the secondary material universe inside the Brahmanda.

Maha-Visnu again further expands as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Visnu (Paramatma) who is the Supersoul situated in the heart of all material bodily vessels next to the marginal living beings (jiva-souls) in all the millions of material universes.

Kāraņodaksayi Visnu is Sankarsana (an expansion of Balarama) of the Catur-vyuha, the quadruple expansions of Krsna who predominate over the Vaikuṇṭha planets as His Visnu-tattva (jiva-soul) expansions.

Balarama is the first expansion of Lord Krsna who the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes.

This means Krsna is the origin of all Narayana and Visnu forms of the Lord (God)

Within each the Brahma's universes, the millions of demigods such as Indra, Yamaraj, Vayu etc, as well as all the material bodily vessels that all the other visiting jiva-souls possess, are part and parcel of Maha-Visnu's dreaming of the material creation going on within each of the different material secondary universes found deep within their outer Brahmandas universal covering.

Maha-Visnu creates all the material bodily vessels or containers that are eventually "hired" by all the visiting jiva-souls who have chosen to leave Vaikuntha and foolishly enter the mundane decaying material creation, which is 1/4 of the Brahmajyoti or Spiritual Sky.

No jiva-souls originate from the material creation, Maha-Visnu or the Impersonal (dormant inactive) impersonal Brahmajyoti or Brahman, this is because ALL jiva-souls (marginal living entities) originate directly from Vaikuntha (four armed bodily form) and Goloka Vrindavana where they have their original two armed bodily form like Krsnas (which is also the human form)

Devotee – "Is the original body of the spirit soul a human form?"

Srila Prabhupada – "Yes, human form. God is also human form. "Man is made after the shape of God." I think there is in the Bible. Is it not? So God is also like human form. Here you see Krsna, two hands, two legs."

Hari-sauri – "How do we understand, then, that there are peacocks and flowers and trees in the spiritual world? Are these not eternal forms?"

Srila Prabhupada – "[describing material form first]: Yes, they are more covered. Just like if you cover your body with blanket, the hands and legs are invisible. But you are not the blanket. So the trees and plants, they are more covered. They are not in full manifestation. The human form is the full manifestation of the soul."

Hari-sauri - "They are covered in the spiritual world?"

Srila Prabhupada - "Not in the spiritual world. There that is voluntary. Some devotees want to serve Krsna as flower; so they become flower there. If I want that, to be a flower I shall lie down at the lotus feet of Krsna and become flower, voluntarily, and he can change from flower to human body. That is spiritual life. There is no restriction. If some devotee wants to serve Krsna as cow, he serves Krsna as cow, as calf, as flower, as plant, as water, as ground, field, or as father, as mother, as friend, as beloved, anything. It is inconceivable, yet a fact." (SB 6.1.1-4, Melb, May 20, 1975)

Krsna also never interferes with the jiva-soul's free will, even if they choose to reject Him.

Srila Prabhupada – "So everyone can know that independence means one can use it properly, or one can misuse it. That is independence. If you make it one way only, that is not independence, that is force." (LA, June 23, 1975)

Srila Prabhupada - "Free will means that you can act wrongly. That is free will. Unless there is chance of doing wrong or right, there is no question of free will. Where is free will then? If I act only one sided, that means I have no free will. Because we act sometimes wrongly, that means free will."

Hayagriva - "A man may know better but still act wrongly."

Srila Prabhupada - "Yes, but that is free will. He can misuse his free will. Just like a thief, he knows that his stealing is bad, but still he does it. That is free will. He cannot check his greediness, so in spite of him knowing he is doing wrong thing—he will be punished, he knows; he has seen another thief, he was punished, he was put into prison— everything he knows, but still he steals. Why? Misuse of free will. Unless there is misuse of free will, there is no question of free will." (Discussions with Prabhupada and Rene Descartes 1976)

Srila Prabhupada – "So everyone can know that independence means one can use it properly, or one can misuse it. That is independence. If you make it one-way only, that is not independence that is force." (LA, California June 23, 1975)

If Krsna forced the jiva-souls to love Him, then how can there be genuine loving exchanges?

Srila Prabhupada - "Love is a reciprocal, voluntary, good exchange of feeling. Then there is love. Not by force, no, Krsna does not want to become a lover like that, ‘You love me, otherwise I shall kill you!" (Washington DC July 8, 1976)

The full potential and highest understanding of the jiva-souls are-

1 - Sat - eternity

2 - Chit - knowledge

3 - Ananda - bliss

4 - Vigraha - spiritual bodily form

Maha-Visnu in His material creation lays down in the causal ocean or the Karanodak, He then impregnate seeds of this material creation into Mahā-māyā by glancing at her.

All jiva-souls resting in the Body of Maha-Visnu have originally come from Vaikuntha or Goloka-Vrindavana, Maha-Visnu does not create any jiva-souls.

The fact is the jiva-souls were NEVER created, they have always existed as Bhagavad Gita As It Is chapter 2 text 20 of the 1983 "corrected edition" teaches.

"For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." (BG Ch 2 text 20)

The above correct text is found ONLY in the 1983 Bhagavad Gita As It Is and NOT the 1972 edition.

Mahā-māyā remains the ever obedient material energy of the Supreme Lord.

Maha-Visnu creates all the material elements -

1 - Sky,

2 - Fire,

3 - Water,

4 - Air,

5 - Earth,

These material elements are created along with-

6 - Mind,

7 - Intelligence,

8 - False ego.

After this, Maha-Visnu enters each of the larger universes known as a Brahmandas, that originate from the pores of His Body, as Garbhodaksayi Visnu, who lays down deep inside each surrounding Brahmanda material universe, within a secondary smaller universe inside it.

Garbhodakasayi Visnu is an expansion of Maha-Visnu, there are billions of Garbhodakashayi Visnus and Lord Brahmas but only one Maha-Visnu (Kāraṇodakaśāyī Visnu) in the material creation (1/4 of the Spiritual Sky).

All jiva-souls (marginal living entities) are individual independent living entities who can choose to enter this material creation, to the smaller material universe that exists with all its 14 planetary systems in the stem growing from the navel of Garbhodakasayi Visnu who are all encased deep inside the surrounding Brahmanda universe.

From Garbhodaksayi Visnu emerges Brahma who is the secondary creator within His secondary universe that is deep inside the outer surrounding Brahmanda universe.

Srila Prabhupada - ''The science of God analyzes the constitutional position of God and His diverse energies. Material nature is called prakṛti, or the energy of the Lord in His different puruṣa incarnations (expansions) as described in the Sātvata-tantra:

viṣṇos tu trīṇi rūpāṇi

puruṣākhyāny atho viduḥ

ekaṁ tu mahataḥ sraṣṭṛ

dvitīyaṁ tv

aṇḍa-saṁsthitam

tṛtīyaṁ sarva-bhūta-sthaṁ

tāni jñātvā vimucyate

"For material creation, Lord Kṛṣṇa's plenary expansion assumes three Viṣṇus.

1 - The first one, Mahā-Viṣṇu, creates the total material energy, known as the mahat-tattva.

2 - The second, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, enters into all the universes to create diversities in each of them.

3 - The third, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, is diffused as the all-pervading Supersoul in all the universes and is known as Paramātmā. He is present even within the atoms.

Anyone who knows these three Viṣṇus can be liberated from material entanglement."(BG, 7.4 Text 4 P)

Each of these Visnu-tattva form who manage the material creation has a different role in the maintenance of the universe and its inhabitants.

1 - For material creation, Lord Krsna’s plenary expansion assumes three Visnus. The first, Mahā-Viṣṇu, creates the total material energy, known as the mahat-tattva and all the many "Brahmanda" universes as seen in painting below.

2 - The second, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, enters deep inside of each of these massive Brahmanda universes, reaching its center, and then creates an inner secondary universe with its planetary systems and all its diversities.

3 - The third, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Visnu, is diffused as the all-pervading super-soul in all the universes; He is in the heart of every living beings, and is known as Paramātmā. He is present even within the atoms Prabhupada has explained.

The real objective of meditation in Yoga is attain service to Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes.

Garbhodhakaśāyī Visnu is also realized as the form of Pradyumna within the material universe who the father of Brahmā who appeared from His navel and hence Garbhodakashayi Visnu is also called Hiraņyagarbha.

There are billions of Brahmanda universes all originating from the Body of Maha-Visnu.

Inside each Brahmanda universe, is a secondary smaller universe where Garbhodakashayi Visnu, Lord Brahma and all the different Planetary Systems are found.

This inner material universe, is surrounded and encased by the outer Brahmanda universe's 7 or 8 massive material layers.

These are the names of the 14 material planetary Systems below in photo, just in our single material universe which is situated deep within our surrounding massive Brahmanda.

The multi-universes means there are unlimited Brahmanda univeses coming from the Body of Maha-Visnu.

Each Brahmanda has their own "secondary inner material universe" deep inside them surrounded by the Brahmanda universe.

And each "secondary material universe" inside each Brahmanda universe has their own number of planetary systems that are different sizes, our universe has 14 different planetary systems..**..