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Shri Kunti Uvacha
Namaswe purusham tu adyam iswaram prakriteh parah
Alksham sarva bhutanam antar bahir abasthitam.
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Shri Kunti Uvacha—Srimati Kunti said, Namaswe—let me bow down, Purusham—the supreme person, Tu—although, Adyam—the original, Iswaram—the Controller, Prakriteh—of the material cosmos, Parah—beyond, Alaksham—invisible, Sarva—all, Bhutanam—of living beings, Antar—within, Bahir—without. Absthitam—existing.
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Srimati Kunti said, oh Krishna I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original Personality and are unaffected by the qualities of material world. You are existing both within and without of everything and still You are invisible for all.
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Srimati Kunti Devee was quite aware of it that Krishna was the original Personality of Godhead although He was playing the part of her nephew. Such an enlightened Lady could not commit mistake by offering obeisances unto her nephew. Therefore, she addressed Him as the Original Purusha beyond the material cosmos. Although all living entities are also transcendental yet they are not original neither they are infallible. The living entities are apt to fall down under the clutches of material nature but the Lord is never like that. In the Vedas therefore He is described as the chief amongst all living entities (nitya nityanam cetana). Then again He is addressed as Iswara or the controller. The living entities or the demigods like Indra, Chandra, Surya, etc., they are also to some extent Iswara but none of them is the Supreme Iswara or the ultimate controller. As such He is the Parameswara or the Super Soul. He is both within and without also. Although He was present before Srimati Kunti as her nephew He was also within Her and everyone else. In the Bhagwat Geeta the Lord says (B.G. 15/15) "I am situated in everyone's heart and due to Me only one remembers, forgets and is cognisant etc. Through all the Vedas I am to be known because I am the compiler of the Vedas and I am the teacher of the Vedantas". Queen Kunti affirms it that the Lord although is both within and without of all living beings He is still invisible. The Lord is so to say a puzzle for the common man. Queen Kunti experienced it personally that Lord Krishna was present before her and yet He entered within the womb of Uttara to save her embryo from the attack of Brahmastra by Aswathama. Kunti herself was puzzled whether Shri Krishna is all pervasive or localised. But in fact He is both, but He reserves the right of not being exposed to persons who are not surrendered souls. This checking curtain is called Maya energy of the Supreme Lord which controls the limited vision of the rebelled soul. It is explained as follows:-
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#dd#namasye puruṣaṁ tvādyam#/dd#
#dd#īśvaraṁ prakṛteḥ param#/dd#
#dd#alakṣyaṁ sarva-bhūtānām#/dd#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kuntī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kuntī #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uvāca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uvāca#/i# — Śrīmatī Kuntī said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=namasye&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#namasye#/i# — let me bow down; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=puruṣam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#puruṣam#/i# — the Supreme Person; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tvā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tvā#/i# — You; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ādyam#/i# — the original; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=īśvaram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#īśvaram#/i# — the controller; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prakṛteḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prakṛteḥ#/i# — of the material cosmos; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=param&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#param#/i# — beyond; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=alakṣyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#alakṣyam#/i# — the invisible; #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#/i# — all; #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 living beings; #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# — within; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bahiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bahiḥ#/i# — without; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=avasthitam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#avasthitam#/i# — existing.
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Śrīmatī Kuntī said: O Kṛṣṇa, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualities of the material world. You are existing both within and without everything, yet You are invisible to all.
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Teachings of Queen Kuntī, 1 The Original Person
#$p#Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī was quite aware that Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead, although He was playing the part of her nephew. Such an enlightened lady could not commit a mistake by offering obeisances unto her nephew. Therefore, she addressed Him as the original #i#puruṣa#/i# beyond the material cosmos. Although all living entities are also transcendental, they are neither original nor infallible. The living entities are apt to fall down under the clutches of material nature, but the Lord is never like that. In the #i#Vedas#/i#, therefore, He is described as the chief among all living entities (#i#nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām#/i# (#i#Kaṭha Upaniṣad#/i# 2.2.13)). Then again He is addressed as #i#īśvara#/i#, or the controller. The living entities or the demigods like Candra and Sūrya are also to some extent #i#īśvara#/i#, but none of them is the supreme #i#īśvara#/i#, or the ultimate controller. He is the #i#parameśvara#/i#, or the Supersoul. He is both within and without. Although He was present before Śrīmatī Kuntī as her nephew, He was also within her and everyone else. In the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# (BG 15.15) the Lord says, "I am situated in everyone's heart, and only due to Me one remembers, forgets and is cognizant, etc. Through all the #i#Vedas#/i# I am to be known because I am the compiler of the #i#Vedas#/i# and I am the teacher of the #i#Vedānta#/i#." Queen Kuntī affirms that the Lord, although both within and without all living beings, is still invisible. The Lord is, so to speak, a puzzle for the common man. Queen Kuntī experienced personally that Lord Kṛṣṇa was present before her yet He entered within the womb of Uttarā to save her embryo from the attack of Aśvatthāmā's #i#brahmāstra#/i#. Kuntī herself was puzzled about whether Śrī Kṛṣṇa is all-pervasive or localized. In fact, He is both, but He reserves the right of not being exposed to persons who are not surrendered souls. This checking curtain is called the māyā energy of the Supreme Lord, and it controls the limited vision of the rebellious soul. It is explained as follows.
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