Garbhodaksayi Vishnu

Garbhodakshayi Vishnu is second in the hierarchy of Vishnu Avatars in the maha tattvas (material universes). In Gaudiya Vaishnavism, a school of Vaishnavism, the Satvata-tantra describes three different forms, or aspects, of Vishnu as "Maha Vishnu", "Garbhodakasayi Vishnu" and "Kshirodakasayi Vishnu", with each form having a different role in the maintenance of the Universe and it's inhabitants:

"For material creation, Lord Krishna's plenary expansion assumes three Vishnus. The first one, Maha-Vishnu, creates the total material energy, known as the mahat-tattva. The second, Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, enters into all the universes to create diversities in each of them. The third, Kshirodakasayi 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." [ [http://bhagavadgitaasitis.com/7/4/en1 Quoted from the Satvata-tantra] translation by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ]

References

External links

* [http://srimadbhagavatam.com/1/2/23/en1 Vishnu, the form of the quality of goodness] (srimadbhagavatam.com)
* [http://www.stephen-knapp.com/thousand_names_of_the_supreme.htm Thousand names of the Supreme] (Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram)

ee also

*Radha
*Balarama
*Rama
*Vrindavan
*Hare Krishna
*Bhagavad Gita