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#dl##dd#अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः ।#/dd#
#dd#अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ॥२०॥#/dd##/dl#
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#dl##dd#aham ātmā guḍākeśa#/dd#
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#dd#aham ādiś ca madhyaṁ ca#/dd#
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#p##i#aham#/i#—I; #i#ātmā#/i#—soul; #i#guḍākeśa#/i#—O Arjuna; #i#sarva-bhūta#/i#—all living entities; #i#āśaya-sthitaḥ#/i#—situated within; #i#aham#/i#—I am; #i#ādiḥ#/i#—origin; #i#ca#/i#—also; #i#madhyam#/i#—middle; #i#ca#/i#—also; #i#bhūtānām#/i#—all living entities; #i#antaḥ#/i#—end; #i#eva#/i#—certainly; #i#ca#/i#—and.
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#p#I am the Self, O Guḍākeśa, seated in the hearts of all creatures. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings.
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#p#In this verse Arjuna is addressed as Guḍākeśa, which means one who has conquered the darkness of sleep. For those who are sleeping in the darkness of ignorance, it is not possible to understand how the Supreme Godhead manifests Himself in the material and spiritual worlds. Thus this address by Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna is significant. Because Arjuna is above such darkness, the Personality of Godhead agrees to describe His various opulences.
#$p#Kṛṣṇa first informs Arjuna that He is the Self or soul of the entire cosmic manifestation by dint of His primary expansion. Before the material creation, the Supreme Lord, by His plenary expansion, accepts the Puruṣa incarnations, and from Him everything begins. Therefore He is #i#ātmā#/i#, the soul of the #i#mahat-tattva#/i#, the universal elements. The total material energy is not the cause of the creation, but actually the Mahā-Visṇu enters into the #i#mahat-tattva#/i#, the total material energy. He is the soul. When Mahā-Viṣṇu enters into the manifested universes, He again manifests Himself as the Supersoul in each and every entity. We have experience that the personal body of the living entity exists due to the presence of the spiritual spark. Without the existence of the spiritual spark, the body cannot develop. Similarly, the material manifestation cannot develop unless the Supreme Soul of Kṛṣṇa enters.
#$p#The Supreme Personality of Godhead is existing as the Supersoul in all manifested universes. A description of the three #i#puruṣa-avatāras#/i# is given in #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i#. "The Supreme Personality of Godhead manifests three features, as Kāraṇodakaśāyī Visṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, in this material manifestation." The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the cause of all causes, lies down in the cosmic ocean as Mahā-Viṣṇu or Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and therefore Kṛṣṇa is the beginning of this universe, the maintainer of the universal manifestation, and the end of all the energy.
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#dl##dd#अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः ।#/dd#
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#dl##dd#aham ātmā guḍākeśa#/dd#
#dd#sarva-bhūtāśaya-sthitaḥ#/dd#
#dd#aham ādiś ca madhyaṁ ca#/dd#
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#p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aham#/i# — I; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmā#/i# — the soul; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=guḍākeśa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#guḍākeśa#/i# — O Arjuna; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sarva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sarva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhūta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhūta#/i# — of all living entities; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āśaya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āśaya-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sthitaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sthitaḥ#/i# — situated within the heart; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aham#/i# — I am; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ādiḥ#/i# — the origin; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — also; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=madhyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#madhyam#/i# — middle; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — also; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhūtānām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhūtānām#/i# — of all living entities; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=antaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#antaḥ#/i# — end; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#eva#/i# — certainly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and.
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#p#I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings.
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#p#In this verse Arjuna is addressed as Guḍākeśa, which means "one who has conquered the darkness of sleep." For those who are sleeping in the darkness of ignorance, it is not possible to understand how the Supreme Personality of Godhead manifests Himself in various ways in the material and spiritual worlds. Thus this address by Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna is significant. Because Arjuna is above such darkness, the Personality of Godhead agrees to describe His various opulences.
#$p#Kṛṣṇa first informs Arjuna that He is the soul of the entire cosmic manifestation by dint of His primary expansion. Before the material creation, the Supreme Lord, by His plenary expansion, accepts the #i#puruṣa#/i# incarnations, and from Him everything begins. Therefore He is #i#ātmā#/i#, the soul of the #i#mahat-tattva#/i#, the universal elements. The total material energy is not the cause of the creation; actually Mahā-Viṣṇu enters into the #i#mahat-tattva#/i#, the total material energy. He is the soul. When Mahā-Viṣṇu enters into the manifested universes, He again manifests Himself as the Supersoul in each and every entity. We have experience that the personal body of the living entity exists due to the presence of the spiritual spark. Without the existence of the spiritual spark, the body cannot develop. Similarly, the material manifestation cannot develop unless the Supreme Soul, Kṛṣṇa, enters. As stated in the #i#Subāla Upaniṣad#/i#, #i#prakṛty-ādi-sarva-bhūtāntar-yāmī sarva-śeṣī ca nārāyaṇaḥ:#/i# "The Supreme Personality of Godhead is existing as the Supersoul in all manifested universes."
#$p#The three #i#puruṣa-avatāras#/i# are described in #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i#. in the Nārada Pañcarātra, one of the #i#Sātvata-tantra#/i#. Viṣṇos tu trīṇi rūpāṇi puruṣākhyāny atho viduḥ: the Supreme Personality of Godhead manifests three features—as Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu—in this material manifestation. The Mahā-Viṣṇu, or Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, is described in the #i##b#Brahma-saṁhitā#/b##/i# (5.47). #i#Yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidrām:#/i# the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, the cause of all causes, lies down in the cosmic ocean as Mahā-Viṣṇu. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the beginning of this universe, the maintainer of the universal manifestations, and the end of all energy.
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