Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.46.43
dṛṣṭaḿ śrutaḿ bhūta-bhavad-bhaviṣyat
sthāsnuś cariṣṇur mahad alpakaḿ ca
vinācyutād vastu tarāḿ na vācyaḿ
sa eva sarvaḿ paramātma-bhūtaḥ
SYNONYMS
dṛṣṭam — seen; śrutam — heard; bhūta — past; bhavat — present; bhaviṣyat — future; sthāsnuḥ — stationary; cariṣṇuḥ — mobile; mahat — large; alpakam — small; ca — and; vinā — apart from; acyutāt — the infallible Lord Kṛṣṇa; vastu — thing; tarām — at all; na — is not; varyam — capable of being named; saḥ — He; eva — alone; sarvam — everything; parama-ātma — as the Supersoul; bhūtaḥ — manifesting.
TRANSLATION
Nothing can be said to exist independent of Lord Acyuta — nothing heard or seen, nothing in the past, present or future, nothing moving or unmoving, great or small. He indeed is everything, for He is the Supreme Soul.
PURPORT
Śrī Uddhava is relieving the distress of Nanda and Yaśodā by bringing them to a more philosophical plane. He is explaining that since Lord Kṛṣṇa is everything and is within everything, His pure devotees are always with Him.
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