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CC Madhya 25.126



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 (2.9.35). It is also the third verse of the catuḥ-ślokī. For an explanation see Adi-līlā, Chapter One, text 55.