Why All Gods Are One, Yet Different
What is the difference between Mahavishnu, Vishnu, and Shri Krishna?
Answer - There is a big difference. There are two types of Shri Krishna.
- One Shri Krishna incarnates once during the day of Brahma (which is 4 billion 32 crore years). The Shri Krishna who came 5,000 years ago is God Himself, who came as a complete descension.
However - - Shri Krishna's other incarnations before this in the remaining Dwapara Yugas are the partial manifestations of Shri Krishna, but they are called Shri Krishna.
Mahavishnu, the head of the infinite universe, is a partial manifestation of the second Shri Krishna. Below him, in every universe, there is a creator, Brahma, a protector, Vishnu, and a destroyer, Shankar.
But these are all fractions - that does not mean they have less power. Everyone is God, endowed with six divine opulences. Therefore, you will be liberated from Maya whether you worship the Vishnu of one universe, Maha Vishnu, or Shri Krishna.
However, in the bliss of divine love, there is a difference in sweetness. The highest nectar is in the complete descension of God (who descended 5,000 years ago), seeing whom even Lord Shankar, Mahavishnu, and Lakshmi are enchanted.
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