परावरेषु भूतेषु ब्रह्मान्तस्थावरादिषु । भौतिकेषु विकारेषु भूतेष्वथ महत्सु च ॥ २० ॥ गुणेषु गुणसाम्ये च गुणव्यतिकरे तथा । एक एव परो ह्यात्मा भगवानीश्वरोऽव्यय: ॥ २१ ॥ प्रत्यगात्मस्वरूपेण दृश्यरूपेण च स्वयम् । व्याप्यव्यापकनिर्देश्यो ह्यनिर्देश्योऽविकल्पित: ॥ २२ ॥ केवलानुभवानन्दस्वरूप: परमेश्वर: । माययान्तर्हितैश्वर्य ईयते गुणसर्गया ॥ २३ ॥
paravaresu bhutesu brahmanta-sthavaradisu bhautikesu vikaresu bhutesv atha mahatsu ca gunesu guna-samye ca guna-vyatikare tatha eka eva paro hy atma bhagavan isvaro ’vyayah pratyag-atma-svarupena drsya-rupena ca svayam vyapya-vyapaka-nirdesyo hy anirdesyo ’vikalpitah kevalanubhavananda- svarupah paramesvarah mayayantarhitaisvarya iyate guna-sargaya
- para-avaresu
- in exalted or hellish conditions of life
- bhutesu
- in the living beings
- brahma-anta
- ending with Lord Brahma
- sthavara-adisu
- beginning with the nonmoving forms of life, the trees and plants
- bhautikesu
- of the material elements
- vikaresu
- in the transformations
- bhutesu
- in the five gross elements of material nature
- atha
- moreover
- mahatsu
- in the mahat-tattva, the total material energy
- ca
- also
- gunesu
- in the modes of material nature
- guna-samye
- in an equilibrium of material qualities
- ca
- and
- guna-vyatikare
- in the uneven manifestation of the modes of material nature
- tatha
- as well
- ekah
- one
- eva
- only
- parah
- transcendental
- hi
- indeed
- atma
- the original source
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- isvarah
- the controller
- avyayah
- without deteriorating
- pratyak
- inner
- atma-svarupena
- by His original constitutional position as the Supersoul
- drsya-rupena
- by His visible forms
- ca
- also
- svayam
- personally
- vyapya
- pervaded
- vyapaka
- all-pervading
- nirdesyah
- to be described
- hi
- certainly
- anirdesyah
- not to be described (because of fine, subtle existence)
- avikalpitah
- without differentiation
- kevala
- only
- anubhava-ananda-svarupah
- whose form is blissful and full of knowledge
- parama-isvarah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme ruler
- mayaya
- by maya, the illusory energy
- antarhita
- covered
- aisvaryah
- whose unlimited opulence
- iyate
- is mistaken as
- guna-sargaya
- the interaction of the material modes of nature
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme controller, who is infallible and indefatigable, is present in different forms of life, from the inert living beings [sthavara], such as the plants, to Brahma, the foremost created living being. He is also present in the varieties of material creations and in the material elements, the total material energy and the modes of material nature [sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna], as well as the unmanifested material nature and the false ego. Although He is one, He is present everywhere, and He is also the transcendental Supersoul, the cause of all causes, who is present as the observer in the cores of the hearts of all living entities. He is indicated as that which is pervaded and as the all-pervading Supersoul, but actually He cannot be indicated. He is changeless and undivided. He is simply perceived as the supreme sac-cid-ananda [eternity, knowledge and bliss]. Being covered by the curtain of the external energy, to the atheist He appears nonexistent.