BHAGAVAD-GITA 6:31

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 6:31

 

sarva-bhuta-sthitam yo mam

bhajaty ekatvam asthitah

sarvatha vartamano 'pi

sa yogi mayi vartate

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sarva-bhuta-sthitam--situated in everyone's heart; yah--he who;

mam--Me; bhajati--serves in devotional service; ekatvam--in oneness;

asthitah--situated; sarvatha--in all respects; vartamanah--being

situated; api--in spite of; sah--he; yogi--the transcendentalist;

mayi--in Me; vartate--remains.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Such a yogi, who engages in the worshipful service of the Supersoul,

knowing that I and the Supersoul are one, remains always in Me in all

circumstances.

 

PURPORT

 

A yogi who is practicing meditation on the Supersoul sees within

himself the plenary portion of Krsna as Visnu--with four hands,

holding conchshell, wheel, club and lotus flower. The yogi should know

that Visnu is not different from Krsna. Krsna in this form of

Supersoul is situated in everyone's heart. Furthermore, there is no

difference between the innumerable Supersouls present in the

innumerable hearts of living entities. Nor is there a difference

between a Krsna conscious person always engaged in the transcendental

loving service of Krsna and a perfect yogi engaged in meditation on

the Supersoul. The yogi in Krsna consciousness--even though he may be

engaged in various activities while in material existence--remains

always situated in Krsna. This is confirmed in the

Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu

(1.2.187) of Srila Rupa Gosvami: nikhilasv apy avasthasu jivan-muktah sa

ucyate. A devotee of the Lord, always acting in Krsna consciousness,

is automatically liberated. In the Narada-pancaratra this is confirmed

in this way:

 

dik-kalady-anavacchinne

krsne ceto vidhaya ca

tan-mayo bhavati ksipram

jivo brahmani yojayet

 

"By concentrating one's attention on the transcendental form of Krsna, who

is all-pervading and beyond time and space, one becomes absorbed in

thinking of Krsna and then attains the happy state of transcendental

association with Him."

 

Krsna consciousness is the highest stage of trance in yoga practice.

This very understanding that Krsna is present as Paramatma in

everyone's heart makes the yogi faultless. The Vedas (Gopala-tapani

Upanisad 1.21) confirm this inconceivable potency of the Lord as

follows: eko 'pisan bahudhayo

'vabhati. "Although the Lord is one, He is present in innumerable hearts as

many." Similarly, in the smrti-sastra it is said:

 

eka eva paro visnuh

sarva-vyapi na samsayah

aisvaryad rupam ekam ca

surya-vat bahudheyate

 

"Visnu is one, and yet He is certainly all-pervading. By His inconceivable

potency, in spite of His one form, He is present everywhere, as the

sun appears in many places at once."

 

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