Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.142

sukshmanam apy aham jivah

SYNONYMS

sukshmanam -- of the minute particles; api -- certainly; aham -- I; jivah -- the living entity.

TRANSLATION

"[Lord Krishna says:] 'Among minute particles, I am the living entity.'

PURPORT

The living entity is one with and different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As spirit soul, the living entity is one in quality with the Supreme Lord; however, the Supreme Lord is bigger than the biggest, and the living entity is the smallest of the small. This quotation is the third pada of a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.16.11).

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