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| <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> | | <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> |
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| <div id="BG_Chapters_13_-_18" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 13 - 18"><h3>BG Chapters 13 - 18</h3> | | <div id="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 7 - 12"><h3>BG Chapters 7 - 12</h3> |
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| <div id="BG133_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_13_-_18" book="BG" index="2" link="BG 13.3" link_text="BG 13.3"> | | <div id="BG94_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="62" link="BG 9.4" link_text="BG 9.4"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 13.3|BG 13.3, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its knower is called knowledge. That is My opinion.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.</p> |
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| <div class="purport text"><p>While discussing the subject of the body and the knower of the body, the soul and the Supersoul, we shall find three different topics of study: the Lord, the living entity, and matter. In every field of activities, in every body, there are two souls: the individual soul and the Supersoul. Because the Supersoul is the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa says, "I am also the knower, but I am not the individual knower of the body. I am the superknower. I am present in every body as the Paramātmā, or Supersoul."</p> | | <div class="purport text"><p>The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not perceivable through the gross material senses. It is said,</p> |
| <p>One who studies the subject matter of the field of activity and the knower of the field very minutely, in terms of this Bhagavad-gītā, can attain to knowledge.</p>
| | :ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi |
| <p>The Lord says, "I am the knower of the field of activities in every individual body." The individual may be the knower of his own body, but he is not in knowledge of other bodies. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present as the Supersoul in all bodies, knows everything about all bodies. He knows all the different bodies of all the various species of life. A citizen may know everything about his patch of land, but the king knows not only his palace but all the properties possessed by the individual citizens. Similarly, one may be the proprietor of the body individually, but the Supreme Lord is the proprietor of all bodies. The king is the original proprietor of the kingdom, and the citizen is the secondary proprietor. Similarly, the Supreme Lord is the supreme proprietor of all bodies.</p> | | :na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ |
| <p>The body consists of the senses. The Supreme Lord is Hṛṣīkeśa, Which means "the controller of the senses." He is the original controller of the senses, just as the king is the original controller of all the activities of the state; the citizens are secondary controllers. The Lord says, "I am also the knower." This means that He is the superknower; the individual soul knows only his particular body. In the Vedic literature, it is stated as follows:</p>
| | :sevonmukhe hi jihvādau |
| :kṣetrāṇi hi śarīrāṇi
| | :svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ |
| :bījaṁ cāpi śubhāśubhe
| | :([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 17.136|CC Madhya 17.136]]) |
| :tāni vetti sa yogātmā
| | :(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.234) |
| :tataḥ kṣetra-jña ucyate
| | <p>Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa's name, fame, pastimes, etc., cannot be understood by material senses. Only to one who is engaged in pure devotional service under proper guidance is He revealed. In the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.38) it is stated, premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti: one can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, always within himself and outside himself if one has developed the transcendental loving attitude towards Him. Thus for people in general He is not visible. Here it is said that although He is all-pervading, everywhere present, He is not conceivable by the material senses. This is indicated here by the word avyakta-mūrtinā. But actually, although we cannot see Him, everything is resting in Him. As we have discussed in the Seventh Chapter, the entire material cosmic manifestation is only a combination of His two different energies—the superior, spiritual energy and the inferior, material energy. Just as the sunshine is spread all over the universe, the energy of the Lord is spread all over the creation, and everything is resting in that energy.</p> |
| <p>This body is called the kṣetra, and within it dwells the owner of the body and the Supreme Lord, who knows both the body and the owner of the body. Therefore He is called the knower of all fields. The distinction between the field of activities, the knower of activities, and the supreme knower of activities is described as follows. Perfect knowledge of the constitution of the body, the constitution of the individual soul, and the constitution of the Supersoul is known in terms of Vedic literature as jñāna. That is the opinion of Kṛṣṇa. To understand both the soul and the Supersoul as one yet distinct is knowledge. One who does not understand the field of activity and the knower of activity is not in perfect knowledge. One has to understand the position of prakṛti (nature), puruṣa (the enjoyer of nature) and īśvara (the knower who dominates or controls nature and the individual soul). One should not confuse the three in their different capacities. One should not confuse the painter, the painting and the easel. This material world, which is the field of activities, is nature, and the enjoyer of nature is the living entity, and above them both is the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead. It is stated in the Vedic language (in the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.12), bhoktā bhogyaṁ preritāraṁ ca matvā/ sarvaṁ proktaṁ tri vidham-brahmam etat. There are three Brahman conceptions: prakṛti is Brahman as the field of activities, and the jīva (individual soul) is also Brahman and is trying to control material nature, and the controller of both of them is also Brahman, but He is the factual controller.</p> | | <p>Yet one should not conclude that because He is spread all over He has lost His personal existence. To refute such an argument the Lord says, "I am everywhere, and everything is in Me, but still I am aloof." For example, a king heads a government which is but the manifestation of the king's energy; the different governmental departments are nothing but the energies of the king, and each department is resting on the king's power. But still one cannot expect the king to be present in every department personally. That is a crude example. Similarly, all the manifestations that we see and everything that exists, both in this material world and in the spiritual world, are resting on the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The creation takes place by the diffusion of His different energies, and, as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam: He is everywhere present by His personal representation, the diffusion of His different energies.</p> |
| <p>In this chapter it will also be explained that out of the two knowers, one is fallible and the other is infallible. One is superior and the other is subordinate. One who understands the two knowers of the field to be one and the same contradicts the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who states here very clearly, "I am also the knower of the field of activity." One who misunderstands a rope to be a serpent is not in knowledge. There are different kinds of bodies, and there are different owners of the bodies. Because each individual soul has his individual capacity for lording it over material nature, there are different bodies. But the Supreme also is present in them as the controller. The word ca is significant, for it indicates the total number of bodies. That is the opinion of Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the Supersoul present in each and every body apart from the individual soul. And Kṛṣṇa explicitly says here that real knowledge is to know that the Supersoul is the controller of both the field of activities and the finite enjoyer.</p>
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| :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni | | :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni |
| :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ | | :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ |
| <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]])</p> | | <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]])</p> |
| <p>This is the position of the plenary expansions of Kṛṣṇa as the all-pervading Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.</p> | | <p>This is the position of the plenary expansions of Kṛṣṇa as the all-pervading Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.</p> |
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| <div id="SB61652_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_6" book="SB" index="630" link="SB 6.16.52" link_text="SB 6.16.52"> | | <div id="SB61652_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_6" book="SB" index="630" link="SB 6.16.52" link_text="SB 6.16.52"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.16.52|SB 6.16.52, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The original cause for the material energy and spiritual energy is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, although the expansion of the Lord's energies is the original cause, one should not think that the Lord Himself has expanded in different ways. To condemn the theories of the Māyāvādīs, the Lord clearly says in Bhagavad-gītā, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ: ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]]) "All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." Everything rests upon Him, and everything is but an expansion of His energies, but this does not mean that everything is as worshipable as the Lord Himself. The material expansion is temporary, but the Lord is not temporary. The living entities are parts of the Lord, but they are not the Lord Himself. The living entities in this material world are not inconceivable, but the Lord is. The theory that the Lord's energies, being expansions of the Lord, are as good as the Lord is mistaken.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.16.52|SB 6.16.52, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The original cause for the material energy and spiritual energy is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, although the expansion of the Lord's energies is the original cause, one should not think that the Lord Himself has expanded in different ways. To condemn the theories of the Māyāvādīs, the Lord clearly says in Bhagavad-gītā, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ: ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]]) "All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." Everything rests upon Him, and everything is but an expansion of His energies, but this does not mean that everything is as worshipable as the Lord Himself. The material expansion is temporary, but the Lord is not temporary. The living entities are parts of the Lord, but they are not the Lord Himself. The living entities in this material world are not inconceivable, but the Lord is. The theory that the Lord's energies, being expansions of the Lord, are as good as the Lord is mistaken.</p> |
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| <div id="SB7724_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="277" link="SB 7.7.24" link_text="SB 7.7.24"> | | <div id="SB7724_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="277" link="SB 7.7.24" link_text="SB 7.7.24"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.7.24|SB 7.7.24, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Vedas inform us, however, that chemical combinations do not constitute the living force; the living force is the ātmā and Paramātmā, and the body grows on the basis of that living force. The fruit of a tree grows and undergoes six kinds of change because of the presence of the tree. If there were no tree, there could be no question of the growth and maturity of fruit. Therefore, beyond the existence of the body are the Paramātmā and ātmā within the body. This is the first understanding of spiritual knowledge explained in Bhagavad-gītā. Dehino 'smin yathā dehe ([[Vanisource:BG 2.13|BG 2.13]]). The body exists because of the presence of the Supreme Lord and the jīva, which is part of the Lord. This is further explained by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (9.4):</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.7.24|SB 7.7.24, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Vedas inform us, however, that chemical combinations do not constitute the living force; the living force is the ātmā and Paramātmā, and the body grows on the basis of that living force. The fruit of a tree grows and undergoes six kinds of change because of the presence of the tree. If there were no tree, there could be no question of the growth and maturity of fruit. Therefore, beyond the existence of the body are the Paramātmā and ātmā within the body. This is the first understanding of spiritual knowledge explained in Bhagavad-gītā. Dehino 'smin yathā dehe ([[Vanisource:BG 2.13 (1972)|BG 2.13]]). The body exists because of the presence of the Supreme Lord and the jīva, which is part of the Lord. This is further explained by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (9.4):</p> |
| :mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ | | :mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ |
| :jagad avyakta-mūrtinā | | :jagad avyakta-mūrtinā |
| :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni | | :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni |
| :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ | | :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ |
| <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." The Supreme Soul exists everywhere. The Vedas enjoin, sarvam khalv idaṁ brahma: everything is Brahman or an expansion of Brahman's energies. Sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva: everything rests on the Lord, just like pearls strung together on a thread. The thread is the principal Brahman. He is the supreme cause, the Supreme Lord upon whom everything rests (mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat ([[Vanisource:BG 7.7|BG 7.7]])).</p> | | <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." The Supreme Soul exists everywhere. The Vedas enjoin, sarvam khalv idaṁ brahma: everything is Brahman or an expansion of Brahman's energies. Sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva: everything rests on the Lord, just like pearls strung together on a thread. The thread is the principal Brahman. He is the supreme cause, the Supreme Lord upon whom everything rests (mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat ([[Vanisource:BG 7.7 (1972)|BG 7.7]])).</p> |
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| :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni | | :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni |
| :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ | | :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ |
| <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]]) Everything is an expansion of Kṛṣṇa's energy. As it is said, parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate: (Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport) the Lord has multi-energies, which are expressed in different ways. The energies are existing, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead also exists simultaneously; because everything is His energy, He is simultaneously one with everything and different from everything. Thus our speculative theories that ātmā, the living force, is a combination of matter, that matter is a transformation of the soul, or that the body is part of the soul are all insubstantial.</p> | | <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]]) Everything is an expansion of Kṛṣṇa's energy. As it is said, parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate: (Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport) the Lord has multi-energies, which are expressed in different ways. The energies are existing, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead also exists simultaneously; because everything is His energy, He is simultaneously one with everything and different from everything. Thus our speculative theories that ātmā, the living force, is a combination of matter, that matter is a transformation of the soul, or that the body is part of the soul are all insubstantial.</p> |
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| :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni | | :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni |
| :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ | | :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ |
| <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]])</p> | | <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]])</p> |
| :mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ | | :mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ |
| :sūyate sacarācaram | | :sūyate sacarācaram |
| :hetunānena kaunteya | | :hetunānena kaunteya |
| :jagad viparivartate | | :jagad viparivartate |
| <p>"This material nature, working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.10|BG 9.10]]) Thus although the Lord is silent in His abode, He is doing everything through His different energies (parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate (Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport)).</p> | | <p>"This material nature, working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.10 (1972)|BG 9.10]]) Thus although the Lord is silent in His abode, He is doing everything through His different energies (parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate (Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport)).</p> |
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| <div id="SB8128_3" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_8" book="SB" index="403" link="SB 8.12.8" link_text="SB 8.12.8"> | | <div id="SB8128_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_8" book="SB" index="403" link="SB 8.12.8" link_text="SB 8.12.8"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 8.12.8|SB 8.12.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrīmad Vīrarāghava Ācārya, in his Bhāgavata-candra-candrikā, describes the Vaiṣṇava philosophy as follows. The cosmic manifestation is described as sat and asat, as cit and acit. Matter is acit, and the living force is cit, but their origin is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in whom there is no difference between matter and spirit. According to this conception, the cosmic manifestation, consisting of both matter and spirit, is not different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Idaṁ hi viśvaṁ bhagavān ivetaraḥ: "This cosmic manifestation is also the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although it appears different from Him." In Bhagavad-gītā (9.4) the Lord says:</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 8.12.8|SB 8.12.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrīmad Vīrarāghava Ācārya, in his Bhāgavata-candra-candrikā, describes the Vaiṣṇava philosophy as follows. The cosmic manifestation is described as sat and asat, as cit and acit. Matter is acit, and the living force is cit, but their origin is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in whom there is no difference between matter and spirit. According to this conception, the cosmic manifestation, consisting of both matter and spirit, is not different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Idaṁ hi viśvaṁ bhagavān ivetaraḥ: "This cosmic manifestation is also the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although it appears different from Him." In Bhagavad-gītā (9.4) the Lord says:</p> |
| :mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ | | :mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ |
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| <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." Under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, one has to make everything favorable for Kṛṣṇa's service. For example, at present we are using a dictaphone. The materialist who invented this machine intended it for businessmen or writers of mundane subject matters. He certainly never thought of using the dictaphone in God's service, but we are using this dictaphone to write Kṛṣṇa conscious literature. Of course, the manufacture of the dictaphone is wholly within the energy of Kṛṣṇa. All the parts of the instrument, including the electronic functions, are made from different combinations and interactions of the five basic types of material energy—namely, bhūmi, jala, agni, vāyu and ākāśa. The inventor used his brain to make this complicated machine, and his brain, as well as the ingredients, were supplied by Kṛṣṇa. According to the statement of Kṛṣṇa, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni: ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]]) "Everything is depending on My energy." Thus the devotee can understand that since nothing is independent of Kṛṣṇa's energy, everything should be dovetailed in His service.</p> | | <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." Under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, one has to make everything favorable for Kṛṣṇa's service. For example, at present we are using a dictaphone. The materialist who invented this machine intended it for businessmen or writers of mundane subject matters. He certainly never thought of using the dictaphone in God's service, but we are using this dictaphone to write Kṛṣṇa conscious literature. Of course, the manufacture of the dictaphone is wholly within the energy of Kṛṣṇa. All the parts of the instrument, including the electronic functions, are made from different combinations and interactions of the five basic types of material energy—namely, bhūmi, jala, agni, vāyu and ākāśa. The inventor used his brain to make this complicated machine, and his brain, as well as the ingredients, were supplied by Kṛṣṇa. According to the statement of Kṛṣṇa, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni: ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]]) "Everything is depending on My energy." Thus the devotee can understand that since nothing is independent of Kṛṣṇa's energy, everything should be dovetailed in His service.</p> |
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| <div id="LectureonBG424August41976NewMayapurFrenchfarm_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="189" link="Lecture on BG 4.24 -- August 4, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)" link_text="Lecture on BG 4.24 -- August 4, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)"> | | <div id="LectureonBG424August41976NewMayapurFrenchfarm_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="189" link="Lecture on BG 4.24 -- August 4, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)" link_text="Lecture on BG 4.24 -- August 4, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.24 -- August 4, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)|Lecture on BG 4.24 -- August 4, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: In the Vedānta-sūtra it is said janmādy asya yataḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 1.1.1|SB 1.1.1]]). Brahma or absolute truth is that from where everything is emanating. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 10.8|BG 10.8]]). "I am the source of everything." Mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate. "Everything is coming from Me." So in another place, to make further clear, bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca ([[Vanisource:BG 7.4|BG 7.4]]). Bhinnā me prakṛtir aṣṭadhā. "These eight energies, they are My energies." Aṣṭadhā, eight. Earth, water, air fire, sky, mind, intelligence, ego. Bhinnā separated.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.24 -- August 4, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)|Lecture on BG 4.24 -- August 4, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm)]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: In the Vedānta-sūtra it is said janmādy asya yataḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 1.1.1|SB 1.1.1]]). Brahma or absolute truth is that from where everything is emanating. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 10.8 (1972)|BG 10.8]]). "I am the source of everything." Mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate. "Everything is coming from Me." So in another place, to make further clear, bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca ([[Vanisource:BG 7.4 (1972)|BG 7.4]]). Bhinnā me prakṛtir aṣṭadhā. "These eight energies, they are My energies." Aṣṭadhā, eight. Earth, water, air fire, sky, mind, intelligence, ego. Bhinnā separated.</p> |
| <p>Just like I am speaking in the dictaphone, but after some time, without me, it will speak exactly like this. So, I am speaking, but I'm not present there. Similarly, material world means it is being conducted by Kṛṣṇa, but still, Kṛṣṇa, personally, He's not present there. In another place Kṛṣṇa says that</p> | | <p>Just like I am speaking in the dictaphone, but after some time, without me, it will speak exactly like this. So, I am speaking, but I'm not present there. Similarly, material world means it is being conducted by Kṛṣṇa, but still, Kṛṣṇa, personally, He's not present there. In another place Kṛṣṇa says that</p> |
| :mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ | | :mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ |
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| :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni | | :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni |
| :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ | | :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]]) |
| <p> Find out this verse. Kṛṣṇa's energies present, and Kṛṣṇa is seemingly absent, that is material.</p> | | <p> Find out this verse. Kṛṣṇa's energies present, and Kṛṣṇa is seemingly absent, that is material.</p> |
| <p>Jayatīrtha:</p> | | <p>Jayatīrtha:</p> |
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| :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni | | :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni |
| :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ | | :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ |
| <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]])."</p> | | <p>"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them ([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]])."</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Explain that. (break) So, it is understood or if there is difficulty, you can question?</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Explain that. (break) So, it is understood or if there is difficulty, you can question?</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
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| :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni | | :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni |
| :na (cā) haṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ | | :na (cā) haṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]]) |
| :Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam. | | :Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam. |
| <p>Revatīnandana: </p> | | <p>Revatīnandana: </p> |
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| :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni | | :mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni |
| :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ | | :na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 9.4|BG 9.4]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 9.4 (1972)|BG 9.4]]) |
| <p>Translation: By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.</p> | | <p>Translation: By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.</p> |
| <p>Purport: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not perceivable through the gross material senses. It is said that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa's name, fame, pastimes, etc., cannot be understood by material senses. Only to one who is engaged in pure devotional service under proper guidance is He revealed. In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated, premāñjanacchurita.... One can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, always within himself and outside himself if he has developed the transcendental loving attitude towards Him. Thus for people in general He is not visible. Here it is said that although He is all-pervading, everywhere present, He is yet not conceivable by the material senses. But actually, although we cannot see Him, everything is resting in Him. As we have discussed in the Seventh Chapter, the entire material cosmic manifestation is only a combination of His two different energies, the superior spiritual energy and the inferior material energy. Just as the sunshine is spread all over the universe, the energy of the Lord is spread all over the creation, and everything is resting in that energy.</p> | | <p>Purport: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not perceivable through the gross material senses. It is said that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa's name, fame, pastimes, etc., cannot be understood by material senses. Only to one who is engaged in pure devotional service under proper guidance is He revealed. In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated, premāñjanacchurita.... One can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, always within himself and outside himself if he has developed the transcendental loving attitude towards Him. Thus for people in general He is not visible. Here it is said that although He is all-pervading, everywhere present, He is yet not conceivable by the material senses. But actually, although we cannot see Him, everything is resting in Him. As we have discussed in the Seventh Chapter, the entire material cosmic manifestation is only a combination of His two different energies, the superior spiritual energy and the inferior material energy. Just as the sunshine is spread all over the universe, the energy of the Lord is spread all over the creation, and everything is resting in that energy.</p> |