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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.21
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- sarvātmanaḥ sama-dṛśo
- hy advayasyānahaṅkṛteḥ
- tat-kṛtaṁ mati-vaiṣamyaṁ
- niravadyasya na kvacit
sarvaof one who is present in everyone's heart-ātmanaḥof one who is present in everyone's heart — of one who is present in everyone's heart; samaof one who is equally kind to one and all-dṛśaḥof one who is equally kind to one and all — of one who is equally kind to one and all; hicertainly — certainly; advayasyaof the Absolute — of the Absolute; anahaṅkṛteḥfree from all material identity of false ego — free from all material identity of false ego; tateverything done by Him-kṛtameverything done by Him — everything done by Him; maticonsciousness — consciousness; vaiṣamyamdifferentiation — differentiation; niravadyasyafreed from all attachment — freed from all attachment; nanever — never; kvacitat any stage — at any stage.
Being the Absolute Personality of Godhead, He is present in everyone's heart. He is equally kind to everyone, and He is free from the false ego of differentiation. Therefore whatever He does is free from material inebriety. He is equibalanced.
Because He is absolute, there is nothing different from Him. He is kaivalya; there is nothing except Himself. Everything and everyone is the manifestation of His energy, and thus He is present everywhere by His energy, being nondifferent from it. The sun is identified with every inch of the sun rays and every molecular particle of the rays. Similarly, the Lord is distributed by His different energies. He is Paramātmā, or the Supersoul, present in everyone as the supreme guidance, and therefore He is already the chariot driver and counsel of all living beings. When He, therefore, exhibits Himself as chariot driver of Arjuna, there is no change in His exalted position. It is the power of devotional service only that demonstrates Him as the chariot driver or the messenger. Since He has nothing to do with the material conception of life because He is absolute spiritual identity, there is for Him no superior or inferior action. Being the Absolute Personality of Godhead, He has no false ego, and so He does not identify Himself with anything different from Him. The material conception of ego is equibalanced in Him. He does not feel, therefore, inferior by becoming the chariot driver of His pure devotee. It is the glory of the pure devotee that only he can bring about service from the affectionate Lord.