Book: "Krishna. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the first Russian editions was called "The Source of Eternal Pleasure" - this is a brief summary of the tenth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam.

About five thousand years ago, Krishna descended from His transcendental kingdoms on earth to show here His endlessly attractive spiritual games, which are described in this book. The stories given here will take the reader from the world of everyday life to the world of Absolute Truth and Beauty, where Sri Krishna, surrounded by His friends and girlfriends, eternally enjoys their transcendental love. , the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The appearance of Krishna is the answer to all speculative attempts to imagine the Supreme Personality of Godhead. People imagine the form of the Supreme Lord in accordance with the modes of nature under the influence of which they are in Brahma. samhita "The Lord is called the most ancient. Therefore, some believers believe that God must be very old and imagine Him in the form of a very old man. But this is refuted in the same "Brahma-samhita": although God is the oldest of all living, in His original form He youth.

The exact words given in this connection in the Srimad-Bhagavatam are vijnanam ajnana-bhidapamarajanam. Vijnanam is transcendental knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vijnanam also means knowledge supported by experience. Transcendental knowledge must be acquired in a descending way, through the chain of spiritual masters, just as Brahma presents the knowledge of Krsna in the Brahma-samhita. Brahma-samhita is vijnanam, knowledge based on the transcendental experience of Brahma. With this knowledge, Brahma describes the form and pastimes of Krsna in His spiritual abode. This knowledge is capable of smashing into dust all ignorant speculations (ajnana-bhidapamarajanam). People create an image of God in their imagination. Some think that God has no body at all, while others give Him a fictitious appearance. But the description of Krishna in the Brahma-samhita is scientific and based on knowledge verified by experience (vijnanam). There can be no doubt about this. This knowledge is given by Brahma and accepted by Lord Caitanya. Krsna's form, His flute, the color of His body - all this is real. The demigods say that vijnanam always refutes all types of knowledge acquired by logical deduction. “Therefore, if You had not appeared in Your original form, as Krishna,” they conclude, “it would not be possible to distinguish vijnanam from ajnana-bhida (ignorant philosophical speculations). Ajnana-bhidapamarajanam: with Your appearance, the speculations of the ignorant will be defeated and triumph true knowledge based on the experience of great devotees like Lord Brahma. Ordinary people each imagine their own God, depending on the influence of which gunas they are. Therefore, God is represented in different ways, but Your appearance, O Lord, will show what Your kind is. true form."