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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 11 · Chapter 2: Mahārāja Nimi Meets the Nine Yogendras
11.2.4411.2.46

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.2.45

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śrī Havirsince 11.2.45inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → VasudevaThe nine Yogendras → King Nimi

श्रीहविरुवाच

सर्वभूतेषु य: पश्येद् भगवद्भ‍ावमात्मन: ।

भूतानि भगवत्यात्मन्येष भागवतोत्तम: ॥ ४५ ॥

śrī-havir uvāca

sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyed

bhagavad-bhāvam ātmanaḥ

bhūtāni bhagavaty ātmany

eṣa bhāgavatottamaḥ

Translation

Śrī Havir said: The most advanced devotee sees within everything the soul of all souls, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Consequently he sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord and understands that everything that exists is eternally situated within the Lord.

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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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

See Everything in Relation to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The most advanced devotee sees Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, within everything and everything within Him. Nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa, and He is the Lord of everything.

  2. 2

    This vision develops through devotional love. A pure devotee is free from the tendency to enjoy things separately from the Lord’s service and lives to give Him pleasure.

  3. 3

    Beginners may worship the Lord yet remain indifferent to His devotees, mistaking material expertise for advanced devotion. By continuing to serve the Lord and helping more advanced Vaiṣṇavas, they advance in realization.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Prabhupāda comments, “A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness certainly sees Lord Kṛṣṇa everywhere, and he sees everything in Kṛṣṇa.
  • Nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is the Lord of everything — this is the basic principle of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”
  • When such a devotee becomes overwhelmed by his desire to serve Kṛṣṇa and associate with the Lord, so much so that he is not attracted to anything else within the universe, he should be understood to be an uttama-adhikārī Vaiṣṇava, as mentioned in this verse.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 5

The purport of SB 11.2.45 quotesBG 6.30

In Bhagavad-gītā (6.30) the Lord says: “For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.”

The purport of SB 11.2.45 quotesBG 13.14

As stated in the Thirteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā (13.14), sarvataḥ śrutimal loke: the Supreme Lord hears everything.

The purport of SB 11.2.45 quotesBG 13.23

He is upadraṣṭā, the witness of everything.

The purport of SB 11.2.45 quotesCC Madhya 12.38

The sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha, guru, Vaiṣṇavas and things used by them must be considered tadīya, and without a doubt worshipable by all living beings.”

The purport of SB 11.2.45 quotesSB 10.35.8-11

In the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.35.9) the goddesses of Vraja speak as follows: “The creepers and trees of the forest, their branches weighed down by rich coverings of flowers and fruits, seemed to manifest Lord Viṣṇu within their hearts.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Foreboding → Devotional urgency. Uddhava realizes that Kṛṣṇa's visible association is nearing an end.

Chapters 1–6 of Canto 11: The Yadu curse, the nine Yogendras and farewell signs. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 2: Mahārāja Nimi Meets the Nine Yogendras

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

And one who sees the presence of the Supreme Lord in everything and sees everything within the Lord is the topmost devotee.” The first-class devotees are described in eight verses, which conclude by stating that the first-class devotee keeps the Supreme Lord perpetually fastened to his own heart with ropes of affection.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.2
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-haviḥ uvācaŚrī Havir said
  2. sarva-bhūteṣuin all objects (in matter, spirit, and combinations of matter and spirit)
  3. yaḥanyone who
  4. paśyetsees
  5. bhagavat-bhāvamthe ability to be engaged in the service of the Lord
  6. ātmanaḥof the supreme spirit soul, or the transcendence beyond the material concept of life
  7. bhūtāniall beings
  8. bhagavatiin the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 11.2

    In this verse: “devotee”, “devotional”, “worship”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 11.2

    In this verse: “indifferent”, “free from”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 11.2

    In this verse: “understands”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I measure devotional advancement by material ability, or by loving service to Kṛṣṇa and His devotees?

Practice

Offer one small, practical help to a devotee engaged in the Lord’s service today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 11.2's connections

Live this todaySee Everything in Relation to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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