CC Madhya 25.126

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

CC Madhya 25.125

CC Madhya 25.127

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 126

yathā mahānti bhūtāni
bhūteṣūccāvaceṣv anu
praviṣṭāny apraviṣṭāni
tathā teṣu na teṣv aham

SYNONYMS

yathā—as; mahānti—the universal; bhūtāni—elements; bhūteṣu—in the living entities; ucca-avaceṣu—both gigantic and minute; anu—after; praviṣṭāni—situated internally; apraviṣṭāni—situated externally; tathā—so; teṣu—in them; na—not; teṣu—in them; aham—I.

TRANSLATION

“‘As the material elements enter the bodies of all living beings and yet remain outside them all, I exist within all material creations and yet am not within them.

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 2.9.35). It is also the third verse of the catuḥ-ślokī. For an explanation see Adi-līlā, Chapter One, text 55.