CC Madhya 19.142

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

CC Madhya 19.141

CC Madhya 19.143

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 142

sūkṣmāṇām apy ahaṁ jīvaḥ

SYNONYMS

sūkṣmāṇām—of the minute particles; api—certainly; aham—I; jīvaḥ—the living entity.

TRANSLATION

“[Lord Kṛṣṇa says:] ‘Among minute particles, I am the living entity.’

PURPORT

The living entity is one with and different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As spirit soul, the living entity is one in quality with the Supreme Lord; however, the Supreme Lord is bigger than the biggest, and the living entity is the smallest of the small. This quotation is the third pada of a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 11.16.11).