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TEXT 31 sarva-bhuta-sthitam yo mam
SYNONYMS  sarva-bhuta-sthitam--situated
in everyone's heart; yah--he who; mam--unto Me; bhajati--serves
in devotional service; ekatvam--oneness; asthitah--thus situated;
sarvatha--in all respects; varta-manah--being situated; api--in
spite of; sah--he; yogi--transcendentalist; mayi--unto
Me; vartate--remains.
TRANSLATION The yogi
who knows that I and the Supersoul within all creatures are one worships
Me and remains always in Me in all circumstances.
PURPORT A yogi
who is practicing meditation on the Supersoul sees within himself the plenary
portion of Krsna as Visnu--with four hands, holding conchshell, wheel,
club and lotus flower. The yogi should know that Visnu is not different
from Krsna. Krsna 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 Krsna conscious person always engaged in the transcendental loving
service of Krsna and a perfect yogi engaged in meditation on the
Supersoul. The yogi in Krsna consciousness--even though he may be
engaged in various activities while in material existence--remains always
situated in Krsna. This is confirmed in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
(1.2.187) of Srila Rupa Gosvami: nikhilasv apy avasthasu jivan-muktah
sa ucyate. A devotee of the Lord, always acting in Krsna consciousness,
is automatically liberated. In the Narada-pancaratra this is confirmed
in this way:
dik-kalady-anavacchinne
"By concentrating
one's attention on the transcendental form of Krsna, who is all-pervading
and beyond time and space, one becomes absorbed in thinking of Krsna and
then attains the happy state of transcendental association with Him."
Krsna consciousness
is the highest stage of trance in yoga practice. This very understanding
that Krsna is present as Paramatma in everyone's heart makes the yogi
faultless. The Vedas confirm this inconceivable potency of the Lord
as follows:
"Visnu 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, He appears
in many places at once."
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