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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 5.11.13-14

क्षेत्रज्ञ आत्मा पुरुष: पुराण:

साक्षात्स्वयंज्योतिरज: परेश: ।

नारायणो भगवान् वासुदेव:

स्वमाययाऽऽत्मन्यवधीयमान: ॥ १३ ॥

यथानिल: स्थावरजङ्गमाना-

मात्मस्वरूपेण निविष्ट ईशेत् ।

एवं परो भगवान् वासुदेव:

क्षेत्रज्ञ आत्मेदमनुप्रविष्ट: ॥ १४ ॥

kṣetrajña ātmā puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ

sākṣāt svayaṁ jyotir ajaḥ pareśaḥ

nārāyaṇo bhagavān vāsudevaḥ

sva-māyayātmany avadhīyamānaḥ

yathānilaḥ sthāvara-jaṅgamānām

ātma-svarūpeṇa niviṣṭa īśet

evaṁ paro bhagavān vāsudevaḥ

kṣetrajña ātmedam anupraviṣṭaḥ

Translation

There are two kinds of kṣetrajña — the living entity, as explained above, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is explained as follows. He is the all-pervading cause of creation. He is full in Himself and is not dependent on others. He is perceived by hearing and direct perception. He is self-effulgent and does not experience birth, death, old age or disease. He is the controller of all the demigods, beginning with Lord Brahmā. He is called Nārāyaṇa, and He is the shelter of living entities after the annihilation of this material world. He is full of all opulences, and He is the resting place of everything material. He is therefore known as Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By His own potency, He is present within the hearts of all living entities, just as the air or vital force is within the bodies of all beings, moving and nonmoving. In this way He controls the body. In His partial feature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead enters all bodies and controls them.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Supreme Lord Dwells in Every Heart

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-pervading, complete and independent. He does not experience birth, death, old age or disease.

  2. 2

    As Paramātmā, He resides within everyone’s heart and controls every living being. By His own potency, He enters all bodies in His partial feature.

  3. 3

    The Lord’s plenary expansions have their source in Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The brahmajyoti is the expansion of the rays of Vāsudeva’s body.

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