We are given this human form of life not to work hard like ass, the swine and the dog, but to attain the highest perfection of life.
Sri Isopanisad 3, Purport (Excerpt)
We simply say plainly that "You become happy by becoming devotee of Kṛṣṇa.
You are now devotee of your lust, anger, and illusion. You have become devotee of so many things, rascaldom. You simply become devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Then your problems will be solved."
And amongst the gopīs, the supreme is Rādhārāṇī. Therefore nobody can surpass the love of Rādhārāṇī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's Lecture, Seattle, September 30, 1968
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is a tenderhearted feminine counterpart of the supreme whole, resembling the perfectional stage of the worldly feminine nature.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's Lecture on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam -2.3.23, Los Angeles, June 20, 1972
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In Hari-vaṁśa Purāṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa speaks to Balarāma, stressing the brothers’ oneness in tattva:
That which I am, you are also he. That which is he is eternally me. We have become two but we are certainly one in two bodies.
Today is Lord Balaram appearance day!
Dauji ki Jai!!
Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhagavad Gita 7:7
Lord Krishna says
mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananjaya
mayi sarvam idam protam
sutre mani-gana iva
O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.
Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā 5.1
īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ
anādir ādir govindaḥ
sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.
Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28
ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ
kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ
mṛḍayanti yuge yuge
All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.
From Satvata-tantra
visnos tu trini rupani
purusakhyany atho viduh
ekam tu mahatah srastr
dvitiyam tv anda-samsthitam
trtiyam sarva-bhuta-stham
tani jnatva vimucyate
“For material creation, Lord Krishna’s plenary expansion assumes three Vishnus. The first one, Maha Vishnu, creates the total material energy, known as mahat-tattva. The second, Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, enters into all the universes to create diversities in each of them. The third, Ksirodakasayi Vishnu, is diffused as the all-pervading Supersoul in all the universes and is known as Paramatma. He is present even within the atoms. Anyone who knows these three Vishnus can be liberated from material entanglement.”