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TEXT 9 kavim puranam anusasitaram
SYNONYMS  kavim--one
who knows everything; puranam--the oldest; anusasitaram--the
controller; anoh--of the atom; aniyamsam--smaller than; anusmaret--always
thinking; yah--one who; sarvasya--of everything; dhataram--the
maintainer; acintya--inconceivable; rupam--form; aditya-varnam--illuminated
like the sun; tamasah--of the darkness; parastat--transcendental.
TRANSLATION One should
meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He
who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest,
who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception,
who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the
sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature.
PURPORT The process
of thinking of the Supreme is mentioned in this verse. The foremost point
is that He is not impersonal or void. One cannot meditate on something
impersonal or void. That is very difficult. The process of thinking of
Krsna, however, is very easy and is factually stated herein. First of all,
He is purusa, spiritual, Rama and Krsna, and is described herein
as kavim; that is, He knows past, present and future and therefore
knows everything. He is the oldest personality because He is the origin
of everything; everything is born out of Him. He is also the supreme controller
of the universe, maintainer and instructor of humanity. He is smaller than
the smallest. The living entity is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of
a hair, but the Lord is so inconceivably small that He enters into the
heart of this particle. Therefore He is called smaller than the smallest.
As the Supreme, He can enter into the atom and into the heart of the smallest
and control him as the Supersoul. Although so small, He is still all-pervading
and is maintaining everything. By Him all these planetary systems are sustained.
We often wonder how these big planets are floating in the air. It is stated
here that the Supreme Lord, by His inconceivable energy, is sustaining
all these big planets and systems of galaxies. The word acintya
(inconceivable) is very significant in this connection. God's energy is
beyond our conception, beyond our thinking jurisdiction, and is therefore
called inconceivable (acintya). Who can argue this point? He pervades
this material world and yet is beyond it. We cannot even comprehend this
material world, which is insignificant compared to the spiritual world--so
how can we comprehend what is beyond? Acintya means that which is
beyond this material world, that which our argument, logic and philosophical
speculation cannot touch, that which is inconceivable. Therefore intelligent
persons, avoiding useless argument and speculation, should accept what
is stated in scriptures like the Vedas, Gita, and Srimad-Bhagavatam
and follow the principles they set down. This will lead one to understanding.
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