Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Ch-9. Slo-4.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014.

Srimad Bhagavadggeta :


Chapter-9.( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-yogam )


Slokam-4.


Maya    tatmidam    sarvam    jadadvyaktamurthina,


Matsthani   sarvabuthani    na   caham    teshvavasthitaha.



Maya            =    By Me;

Tatam           =    Spread;

Idam             =    All these manifestations;

Sarvam           =    All;

Jagat            =    Cosmic manifestation;

Avyakta-murtina  =     Unmanifested form;

Mat-sthani       =    Unto Me;

Sarva-bhutani    =      All living entities;

Na               =     Not;

Ca               =    Also;

Aham              =     I;

Tesu              =    In them;

Avasthitah        =   Present


By the unmanifest of Me this entire cosmic manifestation is pervaded, all living entities are in Me and I am not [completely] in them.

By my unseen form this entire cosmic manifestation is pervaded; all beings are thus found in me while on the other hand the complete

of me cannot be found in them.

By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.

I cannot be experienced yet I pervade the whole universe. Everything has its being in
Me but I am free of everything.


Again in this slokam Lord Krishna discourses on the unmanifest state of the brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all existence.



Thus after causing one to become inquisitive by so praising this supreme and confidential wisdom, Lord Krishna expounds upon it in

this verse and the next. The words sarvam jagat mean the whole cosmic material manifestation. This He has revealed is permeated by

Him in the unmanifest form of the brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all existence which is beyond the ability of the senses

to perceive. The Taittriya Upanisad II.VI states: That the Supreme Lord as the substratum of everything projects it into everything

created. Therefore all beings moving or stationary abide within the Supreme Lord who embodies the cause of all beings. Although this

is a reality still He is not part of any their effects unlike clay which effects can be seen as an ingredient in plates and pots. The

Supreme Lord is unattached and unaffected like space containing unlimited variegated forms but is not affected by or attached to any

of them.




The complete cosmic creation constituted of variegated myriad of sentient and insentient beings is permeated by the Supreme Lord

Krishna. The words avyakta-murttina mean His subtle form manifested as the brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all

existence. It is indiscernible by the material senses and is unable to be perceived by the mind. Although secretly hidden, He is

manifested internally in the unrivalled presence of paramatma the purely spiritual supreme soul in everything sentient and

insentient. So in spirit He pervades everywhere. Lord Krishna does this in relation to universal creation as the Supreme Sovereign

Lord manifesting it and also by maintaining and sustaining it. As stated in the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad V.VII.III beginning ya

prithivyam tishtham or He who abides in earth but whom earth knows not and He to whom in the interior of earth is sovereign ruler

and in verse V.VII.XXII beginning ya atmani tishtham meaning He who resides in the soul but the soul knows not and He to whom the

soul is the body who from the interior of the soul is sovereign ruler. Both verses confirm His supreme presence and pervasive nature

in everything which is sentient as well as insentient; but totally unperceived. By reference to earth, body, soul establishes complete

compliance to His sovereign rulership and establishes the dependence of all things upon Him as they derive their very existence from

Him. Hence all existences and everything existing in all existences have their abode within the Supreme Lord.




Lord Krishna has discussed this sacred spiritual knowledge which leads to Him by praising the merits of following it and stating the

consequences incurred by not following it. Now He calls the attention of the listener by revealing that He pervades the sarvam jagad

or complete material cosmic manifestation. How does He accomplish this? By dint of His unmanifest potency in the form of the

brahman the spiritual substratum pervading all existence which is beyond the perception of the five senses. All beings movable and

immovable reside within Lord Krishna who is the source of all creation. The Vedic scriptures declare that He is the atma or soul

within which permeates all sentient beings and impels them to perform actions. Also Sahadeva's statement in the Sabhaparva of the

Mahabharata that the mind, intellect, cosmic intelligence, wind, fire, water, earth, ether and the four fold beings reside within the

Supreme Lord Krishna. But where does He reside? He reveals that He is in each and very living entity as paramatma the super soul

and that He is the substratum of all beings; but none are His substratum for He is His own substratum and does not depend upon

anything for residing and functioning. This is also confirmed in the Bhuma Vidya section of the Chandogya Upanisad VII.XXIV.I

where it states that: On Earth people call the possession of cows, horses, elephants, gold, property, palaces etc. as greatness but the

Supreme Lord does not think thus because clearly each thing is established upon another. In VII.XXV.I of the Chandogya Upanisad it

states:That omnipresence is above and below and to the east and the west and the north and the south. Indeed it is the total material

creation.



The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not perceivable through the gross material senses. It is said that Lord Srikrishna's  name,

fame, pastimes, etc., cannot be understood by material senses. Only to one who is engaged in pure devotional service under proper

guidance is He revealed. In the Brahma-samhita it is stated, premanjanacchurita.... One can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

Govinda, always within himself and outside himself if he has developed the transcendental loving attitude towards Him. Thus for

people in general He is not visible. Here it is said that although He is all-pervading, everywhere present, He is yet not conceivable by

the material senses. But actually, although we cannot see Him, everything is resting in Him. As we have discussed in the Seventh

Chapter, the entire material cosmic manifestation is only a combination of His two different energies, the superior spiritual energy

and the inferior material energy. Just as the sunshine is spread all over the universe, the energy of the Lord is spread all over the

creation, and everything is resting in that energy.



Yet one should not conclude that because He is spread all over He has lost His personal existence. To refute such argument the Lord

says, "I am everywhere, and everything is in Me, but still I am aloof." For example, a king heads a government which is but the

manifestation of the king's energy; the different governmental departments are nothing but the energies of the king, and each

department is resting on the king's power. But still one cannot expect the king to be present in every department personally. That is a

crude example. Similarly, all the manifestations that we see, and everything that exists both in this material world and in the spiritual

world, are resting on the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The creation takes place by the diffusion of His different

energies, and, as is stated in the Bhagavadgeeta, He is everywhere present by His personal representation, the diffusion of His

different energies.

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