The Master, Himself the ocean of divine attributes, was seized with ecstasy in speaking of Krishna's divine attributes; His mind became absorbed in the subject and He lost consciousness. He (then) recited _Bhágabat_, III. ii. 21, and expounded it, relishing with delight its sense. "Krishna is the Supreme Deity, God Himself. None else is greater than He or even equal to Him. _Vide Brahma Samhita_, V. I. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, the lords of creation, [preservation, and destruction], all obey Krishna; He is their suzerain. _Vide Bhágabat_, II. vi. 30. "Hear the meaning of the phrase _unequalled Supreme Lord_: Three _purush_ incarnations are the causes of the universe, _viz._, Mahá-Vishnu, Padmanava, Kshirodak Swámi. These three occupy the souls of everything, gross or subtle. These three are the refuge of all, and the lords of the universe. And yet they are mere particles of Krishna, who is supreme [over them]. _Vide Brahma Samhita_, v. 54. "This interpretation is only external. Listen to the esoteric sense. The _Shastras_ speak of three abodes of Krishna, _viz._, Antahpur, Golok, and Brindában, in which [last] ever dwell [His] parents and friends; where He manifested His sweet attributes, tenderness, mercy, &c.; where the illusion of _yog_ was His bondmaid, and where _rása_ and other exploits took place. "Below it the Supreme Space named Vishnu's Heaven, where dwell Náráyan and other eternal forms of Him, is situated. The middle abode of Krishna is the store-house of the six attributes, where He dwells in His eternal form (_ananta_). The Vaikunthas are endless, and there the rooms and attendants (even) are full of the six attributes. _Vide Brahma Samhita_, v. 49, [and other Sanskrit verses]. "Below it is His external abode, beyond the _Birajá_, where the universes are endless, and the rooms are illimitable. It is named Devidhám, where creatures dwell. The Lakshmi of the Universe nourishes it; illusion dwells there as His slave. "In these three places does Krishna dwell as the Supreme Lord, _viz._, Golok, the Supreme Space, and Nature. The region where He manifests His _chit_ power is called the Three-fold Divinity (_tripád aishivaryya_), whereas the places of the display of His power of illusion are called One-fold (_ekapád_).