Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.9.48

tvam vāyur agnir avanir viyad ambu mātrāh

prānendriyāni hridayam cid anugrahaś ca

sarvam tvam eva saguno vigunaś ca bhūman

nānyat tvad asty api mano-vacasā niruktam

SYNONYMS

tvam — You (are); vāyuh — air; agnih — fire; avanih — earth; viyat — sky; ambu — water; mātrāh — the sense objects; prāna — the life airs; indriyāni — the senses; hridayam — the mind; cit — consciousness; anugrahah ca — and false ego or the demigods; sarvam — everything; tvam — You; eva — only; sa-gunah — material nature with its three modes; vigunah — the spiritual spark and Supersoul, which are beyond material nature; ca — and; bhūman — O my great Lord; na — not; anyat — other; tvat — than You; asti — is; api — although; manah-vacasā — by mind and words; niruktam — everything manifested.

TRANSLATION

O Supreme Lord, You are actually the air, the earth, fire, sky and water. You are the objects of sense perception, the life airs, the five senses, the mind, consciousness and false ego. Indeed, You are everything, subtle and gross. The material elements and anything expressed, either by the words or by the mind, are nothing but You.

PURPORT

This is the all-pervasive conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which explains how He spreads everywhere and anywhere. Sarvam khalv idam brahma: everything is Brahman — the Supreme Brahman, Krishna. Nothing exists without Him. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (9.4):

mayā tatam idam sarvam

jagad avyakta-mūrtinā

mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni

na cāham teshv avasthitah

"I exist everywhere, and everything exists in Me, yet I am not visible everywhere." The Lord can be visible only through devotional service. Tatra tishthāmi nārada yatra gāyanti mad-bhaktāh: the Supreme Lord stays only where His devotees chant His glories.

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