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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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Canto 10 · Chapter 37: The Killing of the Demons Keśi and Vyoma
10.37.910.37.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.37.10-11

Āśraya· The supreme shelter

कृष्ण कृष्णाप्रमेयात्मन् योगेश जगदीश्वर ।

वासुदेवाखिलावास सात्वतां प्रवर प्रभो ॥ १० ॥

त्वमात्मा सर्वभूतानामेको ज्योतिरिवैधसाम् ।

गूढो गुहाशय: साक्षी महापुरुष ईश्वर: ॥ ११ ॥

kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇāprameyātman

yogeśa jagad-īśvara

vāsudevākhilāvāsa

sātvatāṁ pravara prabho

tvam ātmā sarva-bhūtānām

eko jyotir ivaidhasām

gūḍho guhā-śayaḥ sākṣī

mahā-puruṣa īśvaraḥ

Translation

[Nārada Muni said:] O Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, unlimited Lord, source of all mystic power, Lord of the universe! O Vāsudeva, shelter of all beings and best of the Yadus! O master, You are the Supreme Soul of all created beings, sitting unseen within the cave of the heart like the fire dormant within kindling wood. You are the witness within everyone, the Supreme Personality and the ultimate controlling Deity.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Witness Within Every Heart

  1. 1

    Nārada addresses Kṛṣṇa as the unlimited Lord, the source of all mystic power, and the Lord of the universe. He praises Vāsudeva as the shelter of all beings and the best of the Yadus.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Soul of all created beings, sitting unseen within the cave of the heart. His hidden presence is compared to fire dormant within kindling wood.

  3. 3

    He is the witness within everyone, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the ultimate controlling Deity.

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