SB 11.14.45
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 45
- evaṁ samāhita-matir
- mām evātmānam ātmani
- vicaṣṭe mayi sarvātman
- jyotir jyotiṣi saṁyutam
SYNONYMS
evam—thus; samāhita—completely fixed; matiḥ—consciousness; mām—Me; eva—indeed; ātmānam—the individual soul; ātmani—within the individual soul; vicaṣṭe—sees; mayi—in Me; sarva-ātman—in the Supreme Personality of Godhead; jyotiḥ—the sunrays; jyotiṣi—within the sun; saṁyutam—united.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
One who has completely fixed his mind on Me should see Me within his own soul and should see the individual soul within Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus, he sees the individual souls united with the Supreme Soul, just as one sees the sun's rays completely united with the sun.
PURPORT
In the spiritual world everything is naturally effulgent because that is the nature of spirit. Thus when one sees the individual soul as part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, the experience can be compared to seeing the sun's rays emanating from the sun. The Supreme Lord is within the living entity, and simultaneously the living entity is within the Lord. But in both cases the Supreme Lord, and not the living entity, is the maintainer and controller. How happy everyone could be by taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and finding the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, within everything and everything within Kṛṣṇa. Liberated life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so pleasurable that the greatest misfortune is to be without such consciousness. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is kindly explaining in many different ways the supremacy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and fortunate persons will understand the sincere message of the Lord.