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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.9.10
māyayopātta-vigraham
SYNONYMS
krishnam — unto Lord Śrī Krishna; ca — also; tat — of Him; prabhāva-jñah — the knower of the glories (Bhīshma); āsīnam — sitting; jagat-īśvaram — the Lord of the universe; hridi-stham — situated in the heart; pūjayām āsa — worshiped; māyayā — by internal potency; upātta — manifested; vigraham — a form.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śrī Krishna is situated in everyone's heart, yet He manifests His transcendental form by His internal potency. This very Lord was sitting before Bhīshmadeva, and since Bhīshmadeva knew of His glories, he worshiped Him duly.
PURPORT
The Lord's omnipotency is displayed by His simultaneous presence in every place. He is present always in His eternal abode Goloka Vrindāvana, and still He is present in everyone's heart and even within every invisible atom. When He manifests His eternal transcendental form in the material world, He does so by His internal potency. The external potency, or the material energy, has nothing to do with His eternal form. All these truths were known to Śrī Bhīshmadeva, who worshiped Him accordingly.
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