Why is Krishna often thought of as one of the incarnations of Vishnu?

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Question is many people think that Krishna is one of the incarnations of Vishnu. Yes.
First thing to understand is Krishna and Vishnu are non-different. So we don’t have to get into a hair splitting debate with people. If somebody thinks that Vishnu is supreme and that person by worshipping Vishnu can also go back to Godhead.
He can go back to the spiritual world. And by worshipping Krishna can also go back to the spiritual world. So there is no need to make too much of an issue out of this.
There is no need to as they say create a storm inside a tea cup. That is the first point. The second point is Krishna and Vishnu are the same person.
They are both supreme lord but they are in different moods. Vishnu is God in office and Krishna is God at home. So Krishna manifests a much more intimate side to him as compared to Vishnu.
Krishna has parents. Vishnu doesn’t have parents. Krishna plays with his Gopas.
Vishnu doesn’t do anything like that. He is God in office. So now because Vishnu is God in office in the scriptures that talk about the universal administration it is Vishnu who plays a much more prominent role than Krishna because Krishna is God at home.
So he is not directly involved in the administration of the universe. That’s why when the Devatas are in trouble and they need relief from the atrocities committed by the demons the Devatas go to Vishnu because Vishnu is God in office. If there is a crisis, we call if there is a danger there is a threat, there is a burglary, we call the police station.
We don’t call the police person’s home. So like that the Devatas go to God in office that is to Vishnu and whichever incarnations come those incarnations come after the appeal is made to Vishnu. So whether it is Krishna coming or Ram coming the appeal goes to Vishnu and after the appeal goes to Vishnu then depending on the situation and depending on the schedule the different incarnations come according to schedule.
So different incarnations manifest. So to an external vision it will appear as if Vishnu is the source of all incarnations because the appeal was made to Vishnu and in response to the appeal that was made to Vishnu the different incarnations come. So that’s how the notion comes that Vishnu is the source of all incarnations.
But the very word Avatar means that which descends is an Avatar. The descends means there is already existing at a higher level and from that higher level there was a descent to a lower level. So that means the various incarnations are actually existing eternally at the spiritual level and they simply come down they are always existing at the spiritual level and they come down as per the arrangement of the law and that arrangement is done through Vishnu.
So Vishnu is the source in the whom all the requests are rooted and then a specific incarnation comes along. So now if you look at the Bhagavatam it gives a list of the various incarnations. It says that all these incarnations are the parts or the parts of the parts of the Supreme Lord but Krishna is the Bhagawan Swayam.
Krishna is the Bhagawan Swayam. He is the original personality of Godhead. So Krishna and Vishnu are the same person but Krishna manifests the complete personality of Godhead in the sense that he manifests the intimate side also which is not manifested in office.
His parents, His friends, the playfulness with them. So it is described based on the scriptures that Vishnu manifests 60 qualities of God Krishna manifests 64 qualities of God and in that sense Krishna is the more complete manifestation of Godhead and the other manifestations come from him. three points.
First is that Krishna and Vishnu are the same person so there is no need to split hair on it. Second is that because Vishnu is the administrator so all the requests for help and all the incarnations are rooted through Vishnu. That’s why it appears to many that Vishnu is the source of all incarnations and from the point of view of manifesting more qualities and manifesting the intimate side of God, Krishna manifests that.
So in that sense Krishna is the complete manifestation of God and Vishnu manifests 60 qualities. Krishna manifests 64 qualities. So in that sense Krishna is the source of Vishnu.