Devotee:
manye tvam kalam isanam
anadi-nidhanam vibhum
samam carantam sarvatra
bhutanam yan mithah kalih
"My Lord, I consider Your Lordship to be eternal time, the Supreme Controller, without beginning and end, the all-pervasive one. In distributing Your mercy, You are equal to everyone. The dissensions between living beings are due to social intercourse."
Prabhupada: In the Bhagavad-gita Krsna says exactly the same thing. This is explained by Kunti, a devotee. The same thing is spoken by the Lord Himself. Samo 'ham sarva-bhutesu na me dvesyo 'sti na priyah, ye tu bhajanti mam bhaktya tesu te mayi. God cannot be partial. That is not possible. Everyone is God's son. So how God can be partial to one son and, better than the other son? That is not possible. That is our mistake. We write: "We trust in God," but we make discrimination. If you trust in God, then you must be equally kind and merciful to all living entities. That is God consciousness. So Krsna says: "I have no enemies, neither I have got friends." Na me dvesyo 'sti na priyah.
Dvesya means enemy. We, we are envious of our enemy and we are friendly to our friends. So Krsna is absolute. Even He appears to be inimical to some demon, actually He's friend. When a demon is killed, that means his demonic activities are killed. He becomes a saint immediately. Otherwise how he's promoted immediately to the brahmajyoti? All these demons who were killed by Krsna, they immediately merge into the brahmajyoti-nirvisesa. The only difference is, of course, the brahmajyoti, Paramatma and Bhagavan. They are one. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam [SB 1.2.11]. That is one truth, Absolute Truth, in different features only. Brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate. Originally Bhagavan, His plenary representation is Paramatma who is situated in everyone's heart. Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati [Bg. 18.61]. The plenary portion Ksirodakasayi Visnu, He is in everyone's heart. That is Paramatma. And Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. The ultimate issue is Bhagavan. So ye yatha mam prapadyante. Now He's equal to everyone. It is up to the devotees or persons who are trying to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth. According to their capacity of understanding, the Absolute Truth, God, is revealed, either as impersonal Brahman or localized Paramatma or Bhagavan. It is up to me.
The same example as I have repeated many times. Just like we see sometimes the hills from our room. Here there are many hills in Los Angeles. But they are not distinct. When you are seeing the hills from a distant place, it looks like something cloudy. But if you go still further towards the hill, you'll distinctly find that there is something, hill. And if you come to the hill, then you'll find so many persons are working there, so many houses are there. There are streets, motorcars, everything, all varieties. So similarly, when one wants to know the Absolute Truth by his teeny brain, "I shall make research to find out the Absolute Truth," then you'll have vague idea, impersonal idea. And if you become a meditator, then you will find that God is situated within your heart. Dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginah [SB 12.13.1]. The yogis, the real yogis, they, by meditation, they see visnu-murti within the heart. And those who are devotees, they meet the Supreme Person face to face just like we are meeting face to face, talk face to face, serve directly. The Supreme Personality of Godhead orders that: "You supply me this," and he supplies. That is the difference.
So samo 'ham sarva-bhutesu. He's equal to everyone. Now it is up to you to understand Him according to your capacity. So Kunti also says the same thing in this verse: samam carantam sarvatra. Samam carantam. Carantam means moving. He is moving everywhere, outside, inside, simply we have to make our eyes clear to see Him. That is devotional service, to make our senses purified to perceive the presence of God. God is present everywhere. Antar bahih. Antah means within and bahih means without. "Those who are less intelligent, they simply try to find out God within, and those who are advanced in intelligence, they can see You within and without." That is the difference.
Meditation is meant for the less intelligent class of men. Meditation means you have to control the senses. Yoga practice means yoga indriya-samyama. Our senses are very restless. By yoga practice, by, I mean to say, practicing different asanas, so mind is controlled, the senses are controlled. Then we can concentrate upon the form of Visnu with our heart. That is yoga system. Or those who are too much in bodily concept of life, for them the yoga system is recommended, practicing the bodily exercise, and find out the Supreme Lord within the heart. But bhaktas, those who are devotees, who are still more advanced, they don't require to control their senses separately, because to be engaged in devotional service means controlling the senses.
Suppose you are engaged in worshiping the Deity, in cleansing the room, in decorating the Deity, in making foodstuff for Deity, everything nicely... So your senses are already engaged. Where is the chance of your senses being diverted? The senses are already controlled. Because my senses, hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. Bhakti means simply to engage the senses in the service of the master of the senses. Hrsikesa means master of the senses, and hrsika means senses. So now our senses are engaged for sense gratification. Sarvopadhi, upadhi yuktah. So I am this body. So I must satisfy my senses. This is the contaminated stage of life. But when one comes to the understanding that I am not this body, I am spirit soul, part and parcel of God, so my senses, spiritual senses, should be engaged in the service of the Supreme Spiritual Being. That is wanted.
That is mukti. Mukti means: hitva anyatha-rupam. When we are conditioned, we give up our original constitutional position. Our original constitutional position is, as Caitanya Mahaprabhu says: jivera svarupa haya nitya-krsna-dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109]. Our original constitutional position is that we are eternal servant of Krsna. So as soon as we employ ourself in the service of the Lord, immediately we become liberated. Immediately. there is no question of passing through some process. This very process, to engage oneself, engage one's senses in the service of the Lord, means he is liberated.
So this liberation is open for everyone. Samam carantam. Krsna does not say that: "You come to Me. You become liberated." No. He's open for everyone. He says: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. He speaks to everyone. Not that He's speaking to Arjuna only. He's speaking to everyone. Bhagavad-gita is spoken not only for Arjuna. Arjuna is the, just like the target. But it is spoken for everyone, for all human beings. So one has to take advantage. Samam carantam. He's not partial that: "You become..." Just like the sunshine. The sunshine is not partial that: "Here is a poor man, here is a low-class man, here is a hog. I shall not distribute my shining there." No. Sun is equal. One has to take advantage of it. The sunshine is there open, but if you close your door, if you want to keep yourself in airtight darkness, that is your business.
Similarly Krsna is everywhere. Krsna is for everyone. Krsna is ready to accept you as soon as you surrender. Samam carantam. There is no restriction. Krsna says: mam hi partha vyapasritya ye 'pi syuh papa-yonayah [Bg. 9.32]. They make distinction that this is lower class, this is higher class. So Krsna says, "Even lower class, so-called lower class, it doesn't matter, if he takes to Me, then he's also eligible to go, come back to home, back to Godhead." Samam carantam.
And He's the eternal time. Everything is going on within the time. The time... Our time calculation is past present, and future. This is relative. The other day we were discussing. This past, present, future is relative term. The, for a small insect, the past, present and future is different from my past, present and future. Relative term. Similarly Brahma's past, present and future is different from my past, present and future. But Krsna has no past, present and future. Therefore He's eternal. We have got past, present and future because we change this body. Now we have got this body... It has got a date. In such and such date I was born by my father and mother. Now this body will stay for some time. It will grow. It will produce some by-product. Then it will become old. Then dwindle. Then vanish, finish. No more this body. You accept another body. this body's finished. The history of this body, past, present, and future, finished. You accept another body. Again your past, present and future begins. But Krsna has no past, present, futures because He does not change His body. That is the difference between ourself and Krsna.
Just like Krsna spoke to Arjuna that: "In the past, I spoke to the Sun-god about this philosophy, Bhagavad-gita." So Arjuna could not believe it. Arjuna knew everything, but for our, our education, he put this question that: "Krsna, we are contemporary, we are born practically in the same period. How can I believe that You spoke this philosophy to the Sun-god?" And the reply was that: "My dear Arjuna, you were also present there, but you have forgotten. I have not forgotten. That is the difference." Past, present, future, for persons who forget. But who does not forget, who remains eternally, there is no past, present, future.
Therefore, Kunti is addressing Krsna as eternal. Manye tvam kalam. And because He is eternal, isanam, He is full controller. Kunti says: manye, "I think..." By the behavior of Krsna, she could understand that Krsna is eternal, Krsna is the Supreme Controller. Anadi-nidhanam. Anadi-nidhana... There is no beginning, there is no end. Therefore vibhum. Vibhu means the Supreme, the greatest. Vibhu. We are anu, we are smallest, and Krsna is the biggest. Krsna is also, because we are part and parcel of Krsna. Therefore Krsna is both the smallest and the biggest. We are simply smallest. But Krsna is both. Krsna, vibhu, greatest means all-inclusive. In the great, if you have got a big bag, you can hold so many things. In small bag you cannot do that.
So Krsna is vibhu. He includes the time, past, present and future. He includes everything and He's everywhere. That is vibhu. Vibhu, all-pervading. Krsna is everywhere. Andantara-stha-paramanu-
Just like this country, America. The same America was two hundred years ago, three hundred years ago, the land, but it was not developed. But because some superior living entities from Europe came here, now America is so much developed. Therefore the cause of development is the superior energy. The inferior energy, there are so many vacant land lying still. Just like in Africa, Australia. They're called "undeveloped." Why undeveloped? Because the superior energy, living entity, has not touched it. As soon as the superior energy, living entity, will touch it, the same land will develop so many factories, houses, cities, roads, cars, everything, as we can develop.
Therefore the conclusion is that matter cannot develop out of itself. No. That is not possible. The superior energy must touch it. Then it will be, will, active. There are so many machines. That is matter. Inferior energy. Unless a operator comes to touch the machine, it will not act. First-class motor car, very costly motor car machine, but unless a driver comes, it will stand for millions of years there. There is no use. This common sense is lacking. The matter cannot work independently unless the superior energy, living entity, touches it. This is common sense. So how these rascal scientists say that life develops from matter? No. How it can be concluded? There is no such instances. They falsely say that... They do not have sufficient knowledge.
So these universes, they have also developed on account of Krsna's presence. Therefore Brahma-samhita says: andantara-stha-paramanu-
Thank you very much. (end)
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.28 -- Los Angeles, April 20, 1973
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