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Bhagavad-gītā 6.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः ।
- सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते ॥३१॥
- sarva-bhūta-sthitaṁ yo māṁ
- bhajaty ekatvam āsthitaḥ
- sarvathā vartamāno 'pi
- sa yogī mayi vartate
sarvasituated in everyone's heart-bhūtasituated in everyone's heart-sthitamsituated in everyone's heart — situated in everyone's heart; yaḥhe who — he who; māmMe — Me; bhajatiserves in devotional service — serves in devotional service; ekatvamin oneness — in oneness; āsthitaḥsituated — situated; sarvathāin all respects — in all respects; vartabeing situated-mānaḥbeing situated — being situated; apiin spite of — in spite of; saḥhe — he; yogīthe transcendentalist — the transcendentalist; mayiin Me — in Me; vartateremains — remains.
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.
A yogī who is practicing meditation on the Supersoul sees within himself the plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa as Viṣṇu—with four hands, holding conchshell, wheel, club and lotus flower. The yogī should know that Viṣṇu is not different from Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa 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 Kṛṣṇa conscious person always engaged in the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa and a perfect yogī engaged in meditation on the Supersoul. The yogī in Kṛṣṇa consciousness—even though he may be engaged in various activities while in material existence—remains always situated in Kṛṣṇa. This is confirmed in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.187) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī: nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate. A devotee of the Lord, always acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is automatically liberated. In the Nārada-pañcarātra this is confirmed in this way:
- dik-kālādy-anavacchinne
- kṛṣṇe ceto vidhāya ca
- tan-mayo bhavati kṣipraṁ
- jīvo brahmaṇi yojayet
"By concentrating one's attention on the transcendental form of Kṛṣṇa, who is all-pervading and beyond time and space, one becomes absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa and then attains the happy state of transcendental association with Him."
Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the highest stage of trance in yoga practice. This very understanding that Kṛṣṇa is present as Paramātmā in everyone's heart makes the yogī faultless. The Vedas (Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad 3.2) 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 smṛti-śāstra it is said:
- eka eva paro viṣṇuḥ
- sarva-vyāpī na saṁśayaḥ
- aiśvaryād rūpam ekaṁ ca
- sūrya-vat bahudheyate
"Viṣṇu 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."