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TEXT 42 atha va bahunaitena
SYNONYMS  atha va--or;
bahuna--many; etena--by this kind; kim--what; jnatena--knowing;
tava--you; arjuna--O Arjuna; vistabhya--entire; aham--I;
idam--this; krtsnam--of all manifestations; eka--one;
amsena--part; sthitah--situated; jagat--in the universe.
TRANSLATION But what
need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment
of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe.
PURPORT The Supreme
Lord is represented throughout the entire material universes by His entering
into all things as the Supersoul. The Lord here tells Arjuna that there
is no point in understanding how things exist in their separate opulence
and grandeur. He should know that all things are existing due to Krsna's
entering them as Supersoul. From Brahma, the most gigantic entity, on down
to the smallest ant, all are existing because the Lord has entered each
and all and is sustaining them.
Worship
of demigods is discouraged herein because even the greatest demigods like
Brahma and Siva only represent part of the opulence of the Supreme Lord.
He is the origin of everyone born, and no one is greater than Him. He is
samata, which means that no one is superior to Him and that no one
is equal to Him. In the Visnu-mantra it is said that one who considers
the Supreme Lord Krsna in the same category with demigods--be they even
Brahma or Siva--becomes at once an atheist. If, however, one thoroughly
studies the different descriptions of the opulences and expansions of Krsna's
energy, then one can understand without any doubt the position of Lord
Sri Krsna and can fix his mind in the worship of Krsna without deviation.
The Lord is all-pervading by the expansion of His partial representation,
the Supersoul, who enters into everything that is. Pure devotees, therefore,
concentrate their minds in Krsna consciousness in full devotional service;
therefore they are always situated in the transcendental position. Devotional
service and worship of Krsna are very clearly indicated in this chapter
in verses eight through eleven. That is the way of pure devotional service.
How one can attain the highest devotional perfection of association with
the Supreme Personality of Godhead has been thoroughly explained in this
chapter.
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