Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.48

Anantarām Śāstrījī: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 7.9.48. [chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break]

tvaṁ vāyur agnir avanir viyad ambu mātrāḥ prāṅendriyāṅi hṛdayaṁ cid anugrahaś ca sarvaṁ tvam eva saguṅo viguṅaś ca bhūman nānyat tvad asty api mano-vacasā niruktam [SB 7.9.48]

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: [chants synonyms; devotees respond] [break]

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Translation: "My dear Supreme Lord, You are actually the air, fire, earth, sky, water, the objects of perception, the five senses, the mind, consciousness and false ego. You are everything subtle and gross, including the material elements, and anything expressed either by words or the mind. Indeed, these are nothing but You."

Prabhupāda:

This is all-pervasive description of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In more simplified way it has been described in the Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītā, mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam [Bg 9.4]:

[By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.]

"I am all-pervasive." Avyakta-mūrtina. "That is also My feature." But this feature, Kṛṣṅa with flute in the hand, that feature is not present. That is called avyakta. Everything is Kṛṣṅa, but not in everything His original form is manifested. Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam avyakta. Avyakta means nonmanifest, nonmanifested. He is everything. It can be compared just like your most intimate friend or family member is playing in the stage. If he is playing there, but still, you cannot recognize him. Naṭo nāṭyadharo yathā [SB 1.8.19], Kuntīdevī has said. Just like the dramatist, the actor, he has dressed himself in such a way that although the actor is your very intimate friend or family member, you cannot see. A child, suppose his father is a big actor; he is playing on the stage. So another family member says to the child, "You see your father." But he says, "Where is my father? Where is?" Naṭo nāṭyadharo yathā. Everything Kṛṣṅa. Kṛṣṅa is everywhere, but because we are not Kṛṣṅa conscious, we cannot see Him. We are challenging, "Can you show me Kṛṣṅa?" You are seeing, but on account of material covering, you cannot see. Kṛṣṅa is there: aṅḍāntara-stha paramāṅu-cayāntara-stham [Bs 5.35].

[He is an undifferentiated entity as there is no distinction between potency and the possessor thereof. In His work of creation of millions of worlds, His potency remains inseparable. All the universes exist in Him and He is present in His fullness in every one of the atoms that are scattered throughout the universe, at one and the same time. Such is the primeval Lord whom I adore.]

He is everywhere. That is Kṛṣṅa. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ [Bs 5.37].

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with Rādhā, resembling His own spiritual figure, the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes [sakhīs], embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa.]

He is always in Goloka Vṛndāvana, but He is everywhere. That is Kṛṣṅa. That is the difference between Kṛṣṅa and ourself. We are sitting here, but we are not in our apartment. Limited. But Kṛṣṅa is unlimited. That is the difference. By foolishness we claim to become Kṛṣṅa, but that is foolishness. Kṛṣṅa is not like that, although He is present before us.

Therefore Kṛṣṅa says, avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritaḥ [Bg 9.11].

[Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.]

When Kṛṣṅa comes just like ordinary human being and keeps with the Pāṅḍavas, people take Him as ordinary human being. That is mūḍha. Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhāḥ. In everything there is Kṛṣṅa. Simply we have to purify our vision to see Kṛṣṅa in every atom, everywhere, whatever we... That is the highest perfection of Kṛṣṅa consciousness, and it is described in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, sthāvara-jaṅgama dekhi nā dekhe tāra mūrti, sarvatra sphūraya tāra iṣṭa deva mūrti [Cc Madhya 8.274].

[The mahā-bhāgavata, the advanced devotee, certainly sees everything mobile and immobile, but he does not exactly see their forms. Rather, everywhere he immediately sees manifest the form of the Supreme Lord.]

When one is fully advanced in Kṛṣṅa consciousness, he sees this world... The world is full of sthāvara-jaṅgama. Some things, some articles, are moving; some articles are not moving. Just like tree—it is not moving, but an animal is moving. This is sthāvara-jaṅgama. So he is seeing the tree or the animals or the hill or the water or the river or the ground. So because he is advanced in Kṛṣṅa consciousness, he sees nothing but Kṛṣṅa everywhere. Sthāvara-jaṅgama dekhi nā dekhe tāra mūrti. He does not see anything else except Kṛṣṅa. And actually that is the fact. Simply we have to purify our eyes, then we can see in everything. He is in the atom even. Aṅḍāntara-sthaṁ paramāṅu-cayāntara-stham. But because we are not qualified, therefore we cannot see. One who is qualified, he can see. There is no question of seeing Kṛṣṅa in a particular place.

The other day in Delhi, somebody questioned that "If God is everywhere, what is the use of going to the temple to see Him?" Just see how contradictory it is. If God is everywhere, why He is not in the temple? But these foolish persons, they do not know what he is questioning. Kṛṣṅa is everywhere. Just like the electricity is everywhere, but when you catch the switch, then it is under your control. Electricity is everywhere, but still, by arrangement we can touch the electricity or take it into service by preparing electric wiring and switch. Similarly, Kṛṣṅa is everywhere, and you can worship Kṛṣṅa from anything. Everyone knows that this Deity is made of stone. The ground floor, the marble stone, black and white, and the Deity is also black and white. Everyone knows. But why you see the black and white Deity in this temple and gather together and offer prayer? Is it the same marble of the ground, black and white? That means you are seeing in a different position. That is love, love of Kṛṣṅa. Those who haven't got the love, they are seeing that "The same stone on the floor and same stone in the Deity. What these foolish men are worshiping?" They say that "I can worship this stone also." No, no. Kṛṣṅa says, "Yes, that is... The stone on the floor, that is also I am, but I am not present there." This is called acintya-bhedābheda.

[It is the living entity's constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṅa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṅa and a manifestation simultaneously one and different from the Lord.]

"Yes, stone I am also, but I am not there at the same time."

mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagat avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni nāhaṁ teṣu avasthitaḥ [Bg 9.4]

[By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.]

These foolish persons, they do not know. They think that "If Kṛṣṅa has spread Himself in everything, then He has lost Himself. So He has no more form," their material calculation. This is called material calculation. I have several times given you the example: You take a big piece of paper and make it small pieces, and you throw it in the air. The big sheet of paper is no longer existing. It is finished. So their calculation is like that, that "If Kṛṣṅa is all-pervasive, then where is His form? His form is finished." This is their character. But that is nonsense. That is Kṛṣṅa, that mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam: "I am spread everywhere, all-pervasive. But in My person I am not there." Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagat avyakta-mūrtinā, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni. But a devotee should understand that Kṛṣṅa is on the throne and Kṛṣṅa is on the floor. Therefore we should be very careful to take care of the floor, to take care of the throne, to take care of the flower, to take care of the dishes. Everything you should worship like Kṛṣṅa. That is... You cannot neglect anything. Śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-śṛṅgāra-tan-mandira mārjanādau. Everything one. You cannot say, "Kṛṣṅa is here, sitting. I can neglect this floor." That is foolishness. You should take as much care to worship the Deity, to decorate the Deity, as much care to keep the temple very, very cleansed. That is Kṛṣṅa conscious. You cannot... You cannot say that "He is working on the garden; therefore he is inferior. I am working directly on the Kṛṣṅa altar." No. The person who is working in the garden, Kṛṣṅa's garden, he should be as careful as the man who is worshiping the Deity in the temple. That is wanted. Kṛṣṅa has expanded. Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam. Tatam means expansion. This is Kṛṣṅa consciousness. You cannot neglect anything, because everything is Kṛṣṅa. You should worship everything. Don't neglect anything. Kṛṣṅa is everything, varieties. At the same time, He is in His original form. The original form is not there, but everything is Kṛṣṅa. This is simulta... Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva,

inconceivably, simultaneously one and different. This philosophy, Caitanya Mahāprabhu's philosophy, you should always remember. Don't neglect anything of Kṛṣṅa. Everything should be, every small thing. It is Kṛṣṅa's. It is worshipable.

Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja is describing the same thing, tvaṁ vāyur agnir avaniḥ. The same thing, kṣitir āp tej marud vyoma. Vāyu. Kṛṣṅa is air. Kṛṣṅa is fire. Kṛṣṅa is earth. Kṛṣṅa is water. Kṛṣṅa is sky. Kṛṣṅa is everything. Even the small, very, very minute particle, atom, that is also Kṛṣṅa. So if we always remember like that, our Kṛṣṅa consciousness will be very, very strong and established. That is wanted. Sthāvara-jaṅgama dekhi nā dekhe tāra mūrti [Cc Madhya 8.274].

Why people come here? You have seen while you are walking, a devotee, he was taking the dust, Rāmaṅ Reti, and putting on his head. This is Vṛndāvana—the dust. Vṛndāvana dust is also Kṛṣṅa. Vṛndāvana dust is also Kṛṣṅa. So ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeṣa-tanaya tad dhāmaṁ vṛndāvanam. This is the verdict of the ācāryas. Vrajendra-nandana, Hari, Kṛṣṅa, He is worshipable, everyone knows. But His dhāma, Vṛndāvana, is also as good as Kṛṣṅa. It is also worshipable. Therefore so many devotees, they are keeping strictly in Vṛndāvana. This is the idea. We should not consider Vṛndāvana... Not even Vṛndāvana. Everywhere. Not that we limit Kṛṣṅa within Vṛndāvana. That is special, because Kṛṣṅa came here and displayed His pastimes, a special significance. But wherever you are in Kṛṣṅa consciousness, that is Vṛndāvana. Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu: wherever He was going He said that "It is Vṛndāvana." After taking sannyāsa He was in Bengal, and He was thinking the Ganges as Yamunā.

So these are not to be copied or imitated. Gradually, as we advance, we can understand that how Kṛṣṅa is all-pervasive. And something is described in the Bhagavad-gītā... You cannot say that "I have not seen Kṛṣṅa." This is, I mean to say, foolishness. They say, "Can you show me Kṛṣṅa?" But thing is that he has no eyes to see Kṛṣṅa. Kṛṣṅa can be seen. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena [Bs 5.38].

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is Śyāmasundara, Kṛṣṅa Himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes, whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love.]

You have to... If you increase your love for Kṛṣṅa, then you can see Kṛṣṅa every moment, everywhere. That is the way. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti. Those who are advanced, saintly persons, they see always Kṛṣṅa. That stage you have to reach. That is the idea. Sarvaṁ tvam eva saguṅo viguṅaś ca bhūman. Bhūman means "the great." That is greatness of Kṛṣṅa: "God is great." We should understand how great He is. This is the understanding of His greatness. Bhūman. If simply we say God is great and kūpa-maṅḍūkya-nyāya...

You know the story, the [indistinct], the frog within the well. So some friend says that "I have seen a great mass of water, Atlantic Ocean." And how he can imagine what is Atlantic Ocean? He is thinking, "That water may be like this well, three feet. All right, accept four feet... Accept five feet. I can..." These rascals who does not know Kṛṣṅa, they think, "All right, Kṛṣṅa may be a little more intelligent than me. That's all." In this way they are thinking. But here it is called bhūman. Bhūman means all-pervading. Sarvaṁ tvam eva saguṅo viguṅaś ca bhūman nānyat tvad asty api mano-vacasā niruktam. Even if you think that the sky is very, very great, that is also Kṛṣṅa. And if you think the atom is very, very small, that is also Kṛṣṅa. There is no..., nothing greater than Kṛṣṅa, nothing smaller than Kṛṣṅa. There are two contradictory things. So simply if... "Kṛṣṅa is simply as big as the sky"—the Māyāvādī philosophy—"He cannot be small like the Deity," that is their mistake. He is as big as the sky and as small as the atom. In the intermediate stage, He is everything. So why He cannot be smaller like the Deity, small Deity, so that I may have the facility to serve Him? I cannot serve Kṛṣṅa when He's as big as the sky. That is not possible. I cannot decorate Him when He shows His virāṭ-rūpa. I think the whole world's, all the mills, they cannot supply cloth. [laughter] But Kṛṣṅa agrees to become very small. With little cloth I can dress Him. And Kṛṣṅa accepts. Yo me bhaktyā prayacchati [Bg 9.26].

[If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.]

Even little small piece of cloth a devotee is covering Kṛṣṅa and thinking that "I am dressing nicely," Kṛṣṅa accepts that. That is Kṛṣṅa. Yes.

So, aṅor aṅīyān mahato mahīyān [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.20].

[Greater than the greatest, smaller than the smallest.]

Kṛṣṅa is so kind, He is ready to accept your service. Patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati [Bg 9.26]. Simply you require to become a devotee. That is the qualification.

Thank you very much.

Devotees: Jaya Prabhupāda! [end]