Hare Krsna,
Srila Prabhupada mentioned in one of his lectures that according to Srila Jiva Goswami unless we accept the principle that Kṛṣṇa, or God, has got inconceivable power, acintya-śakti, we cannot understand. If we put Kṛṣṇa within the jurisdiction of our limited understanding, that is not understanding of Kṛṣṇa. Manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye (BG 7.3). That inconceivable power is also within us. We do not know. So many things are happening. (SP Lecture – BG 2.23-24, London)
Lord Brahma has come to realize Krsna’s inconceivable energy in a painstaking way through the stealing of Krsna’s calves and friends. I must say this is another Krsna’s inconceivable display of His energy – making Lord Brahma an instrument to display His inconceivable for our benefit. He instructs us now to waste our valuable human life to understand Krsna and His various energies scientifically. It is simply impossible for a limited and conditioned living entity to understand the unlimited.
Mother Yasoda say the universe within Krsna’s transcendental mouth while simultaneously they were both outside that universe.
“In order to establish the oneness of the universe within the Lord and that outside the Lord, Brahma speaks this verse. “O supreme controller of illusion! In order to show that the external universe also exists within Your abdomen, You produced an illusion for mother Yasoda. By the influence of Your yogamaya potency You appeared within this universe and simultaneously exhibited all the universes within Your body. Similarly though I am within Your abdomen, I arose from Your abdomen and am situated here. Thus You are still my mother.” (Srila VCT commentary of SB 10.14.16)
Lord Brahma is bewildered that just as the entire universe, including the Supreme Lord, was exhibited within His abdomen, so it is now manifested here externally in the same exact form. How could such things happen unless arranged by His inconceivable energy?
Even if we look around us, we will see countless inconceivable energy of the Supreme Lord. Natural phenomena such as the law of gravity or weightlessness are acintya-śakti, inconceivable energies. How can innumerable universes float in the outer space whereas a mere object falls down to earth due to the gravitational force? Just inconceivable!
Best recourse is to simply surrender to the Supreme Lord after developing sufficient faith in His inconceivable energies. Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead because His energies are inconceivable. Otherwise, how could someone be considered God if each and every aspect of His energy could be conceived and deciphered by mere mortals? The concept of unlimitedness and inconceivability is inherent in the Absolute Truth. These qualities make Him the Absolute Truth.
Talking about the Lord’s inconceivable energy, there is a beautiful story about Narada Muni and his encounter with a cobbler and a brahmana. The link is here for anyone wanting to revisit the story. This pastime illustrates the essence of true faith. It’s not about blindly believing but having a reasonable trust in the divine, which also includes trust in His inconceivable energies.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Krsna Katha 