स एव हि पुन: सर्ववस्तुनि वस्तुस्वरूप: सर्वेश्वर: सकलजगत्कारणकारणभूत: सर्व प्रत्यगात्मत्वात् सर्वगुणाभासोपलक्षित एक एव पर्यवशेषित: ॥ ३८ ॥
sa eva hi punah sarva-vastuni vastu-svarupah sarvesvarah sakala-jagat-karana-karana-bhutah sarva-pratyag-atmatvat sarva-gunabhasopalaksita eka eva paryavasesitah.
- sah
- He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
- eva
- indeed
- hi
- certainly
- punah
- again
- sarva-vastuni
- in everything, material and spiritual
- vastu-svarupah
- the substance
- sarva-isvarah
- the controller of everything
- sakala-jagat
- of the whole universe
- karana
- of the causes
- karana-bhutah
- existing as the cause
- sarva-pratyak-atmatvat
- because of being the Supersoul of every living being, or being present in everything, even the atom
- sarva-guna
- of all the effects of the material modes of nature (such as intelligence and the senses)
- abhasa
- by the manifestations
- upalaksitah
- perceived
- ekah
- alone
- eva
- indeed
- paryavasesitah
- left remaining
With deliberation, one will see that the Supreme Soul, although manifested in different ways, is actually the basic principle of everything. The total material energy is the cause of the material manifestation, but the material energy is caused by Him. Therefore He is the cause of all causes, the manifester of intelligence and the senses. He is perceived as the Supersoul of everything. Without Him, everything would be dead. You, as that Supersoul, the supreme controller, are the only one remaining.