O young cowherd boy! O ocean of mercy! O husband of Lakshmi, the ocean's daughter! O killer of Kamsa! O merciful benefactor of Gajendra! O Mädhava! O younger brother of Rama! O spiritual master of the three worlds! O lotus-eyed Lord of the gopis! I know no one greater than You. Please protect me.
(Mukunda-mala-stotra- Sutra 44-From Vedabase)
King Kulashekara's prayers are all addressed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His various expansions and incarnations. Sometimes he addresses Lord Narayana or Lord Rama, but very frequently he specifies Lord Krsna as his object of special attraction. According to the Srimmad-Bhägavatam, Lord Krsna is in fact the source of all incarnations and expansions:
"All [these] incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord SriKrsna is the original Personality of Godhead Himself. In every age He protects the world through His different features when the world is disturbed by the enemies of Indra" (SB 1.3.28).
In his famous "Govinda Prayers" in the Brahma-samhita, Lord Brahmä teaches this same conclusive truth, or siddhänta—namely, that all incarnations of Godhead and all demigods, as well as all the material and spiritual worlds and their constitutional elements, originate from Lord Krsna, or Govinda: govindam ädi-purusham tam ahaà bhajämi **.
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