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Nature the Eniover and Consciousness
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proper knowledge he will come to that stage, his thinking is contradictory. This means that the individual soul, having become conditioned by material nature, is not supreme. The Supreme is different from the individual soul. The Supreme Lord can extend His hand without limit; the individual soul cannot. In  Bhagavad-gītā  the Lord says that if anyone offers Him a flower, or a fruit, or a little water, He accepts. If the Lord is a far distance away, how can He accept things? This is the omnipotence of the Lord: even though He is situated in His own abode, far, far away from earth, He can extend His hand to accept what anyone offers. That is His potency. In the  Brahma-samhitā  it is stated,  goloka eva nivasati : although He is always engaged in pastimes in His transcendental planet, He is all-pervading. The individual soul cannot claim that he is all-pervading. Therefore this verse describes the Supreme Soul, the Personality of Godhead, not the individual soul.
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सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् । असक्तं सर्वभृञ्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ॥१५॥
sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṁ  
 sarvendriya-vivarjitam  
 asaktaṁ sarva-bhṛc caiva  
 nirguṇaṁ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca
sarve —all;  indriya —senses;  guṇa —qualities;  ābhāsam —original source;  sarva —all;  indriya —senses;  vivarjitam —being without;  asaktam —without attachment;  sarva-bhṛt —maintainer of everyone;  ca —also;  eva —certainly;  nirguṇam —without material qualities;  guṇa-bhoktṛ —simultaneously master of the  guṇas ;  ca —also.
TRANSLATION
The Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He is without senses. He is unattached, although He is the maintainer of all living beings. He transcends the modes of nature, and at the same time He is the master of all modes of material nature.