We think of God as very great, universal form, but God can take also form less than the atom. That is God's power. He is not only great, greatest, but He is the smallest. Aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān. Mahato mahīyān means greatest of the great, and aṇor aṇīyān, and smallest of the small. We cannot think how small He can become. That is His inconceivable potency. So within this material world, He is within the atom, and He is within everyone's heart, in everywhere, all-pervading, and at the same time universal form, the biggest form.
- virāṭ vyaṣṭi-jīvera teṅho antaryāmī
- kṣīrodakaśāyī teṅho-pālana-kartā, svāmī
- (CC Madhya 20.295)
Now, He is the maintainer of . . . whatever we are enjoying, it is due to His mercy. In the Kaṭhopaniṣad, er, Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad, it is stated:
- nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām
- eko bahūnāṁ vidadhāti kāmān
- (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13)
Now, He is the supplier, whatever we want. So as, as a pālana-kartā, as the maintainer, as the Supersoul, He is supplying. He is supplying whatever you want, "All right." So we should not approach God as supplying agent. That is the lowest stage. He is supplying even to the cats and dogs. Then what is the difference between human being and the cats and dogs?
Just like a small child, he is supplied all necessities by the father, but when the child is grown, he wants to serve the father. Similarly, to make God as order-supplier, "O God, give us this. Give us that . . ." and the God is giving. You ask or not ask, He will give you because, after all, you are all children. So He takes care of His children. But you may say that, "Why the childrens are differently treated? Somebody is supplied sumptuously, and somebody is not. Why this difference of treatment?" That difference of treatment is also for good. How?
Just like a mother has got five children. One of them is suffering from fever, is ill. Now, very nice foodstuff is prepared. All the children come, and mother is supplying. And when the feverish child comes, "Oh, you don't sit here. You cannot take." "Why?" "Oh, you are diseased. You cannot take." Do you think that mother is partial to this child and that child? No.