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pāñcajanyam---the conchshell named Pāñcajanya; hṛṣīkeśaḥ---Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa, the Lord who directs the senses of the devotees); devadattam---the conchshell named Devadatta; dhanañjayaḥ---Dhanañjaya …

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Translation = "Then Lord Kṛṣṇa blew His conchshell, named Pāñcajanya; Arjuna blew his, the Devadatta; and Bhīma, the voracious eater …

Prabhupāda: So Vṛkodara, Bhīmasena, is advertised as voracious eater. But he can perform Herculean task also. Just like the elephant, …

So everyone is named here with his task. The first name is, Kṛṣṇa, Hṛṣīkeśa. Hṛṣīkeśa. He is the master of …

Because He accepted Devakī as His mother, therefore He is called Devakī-nandana. Similarly, He is called Nanda-nandana, Yaśodā-nandana, Vrajendra-nandana---in relationship …

In the... According to Vedic civilization, after the birth of the child there was name-giving ceremony, what kind of name. …

Hṛṣīkeśa, Kṛṣṇa, in the Fifteenth Chapter is described that He gives direction to everyone. Sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ [Bg. 15.15] …

vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate

[SB 1.2.11]

Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, the same object.

So the Brahman realization is impersonal realization. Just like the sun, the sun globe and the sunshine, they are one. …

So Brahman realization is also God realization, but it is partial. The Supreme Lord is sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ [Bs. 5.1]. He is …

Vigraha means person. So He is person, Bhagavān. Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate [SB 1.2.11]. Three features, realization of the …

So when He is Hṛṣīkeśa, it is His Paramātmā feature. As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā,

īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

[Bg. 18.61]

Īśvara, the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa... Īśvara means the Supreme; īśvara means controller. But the supreme controller is Kṛṣṇa. Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ …

When Kṛṣṇa was present on this planet, nobody could control Kṛṣṇa, but He controlled everyone. Nobody could control Kṛṣṇa. So …

You can argue that "Brahmā was the first creature within this universe. So how he could be instructed by somebody …