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| Chapter 6: Dhyāna-yoga |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 6.31
sarvathā vartamāno 'pi
SYNONYMS
sarva-bhūta-sthitam — situated in everyone's heart; yah — he who; mām — Me; bhajati — serves in devotional service; ekatvam — in oneness; āsthitah — situated; sarvathā — in all respects; varta-mānah — being situated; api — in spite of; sah — he; yogī — the transcendentalist; mayi — in Me; vartate — remains.
TRANSLATION
Such a yogī, 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 yogī who is practicing meditation on the Supersoul sees within himself the plenary portion of Krishna as Vishnu — with four hands, holding conchshell, wheel, club and lotus flower. The yogī should know that Vishnu is not different from Krishna. Krishna 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 Krishna conscious person always engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krishna and a perfect yogī engaged in meditation on the Supersoul. The yogī in Krishna consciousness — even though he may be engaged in various activities while in material existence — remains always situated in Krishna. This is confirmed in the Bhakti-rasāmrita-sindhu (1.2.187) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī: nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktah sa ucyate. A devotee of the Lord, always acting in Krishna consciousness, is automatically liberated. In the Nārada-pańcarātra this is confirmed in this way:
dik-kālādy-anavacchinne
"By concentrating one's attention on the transcendental form of Krishna, who is all-pervading and beyond time and space, one becomes absorbed in thinking of Krishna and then attains the happy state of transcendental association with Him."
Krishna consciousness is the highest stage of trance in yoga practice. This very understanding that Krishna is present as Paramātmā in everyone's heart makes the yogī faultless. The Vedas (Gopāla-tāpanī Upanishad 1.21) confirm this inconceivable potency of the Lord as follows: eko 'pi san bahudhā yo 'vabhāti. "Although the Lord is one, He is present in innumerable hearts as many." Similarly, in the smriti-śāstra it is said:
"Vishnu 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."
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness