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Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
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TEXT 11
विधूय तदमेयात्मा भगवान्धर्मगुर्व विभुः । मिषतो दशमासस्य तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरिः ॥११॥
vidhūya tad ameyātmā bhagavān dharmagub vibhuḥ miṣato daśamāsasya tatraivāntardadhe hariḥ
vidhūya —having completely washed off;  tat —that;  ameyātmā —the all-pervading Supersoul;  bhagavān —the Personality of Godhead;  dharmagup —the protector of righteousness;  vibhuḥ —the Supreme;  miṣataḥ —while observing;  daśamāsasya —of one who is dressed by all directions;  tatra eva —then and there;  antaḥ —out of sight;  dadhe —became;  hariḥ —the Lord.
TRANSLATION
While thus being observed by the child, the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul of everyone and the protector of the righteous, who stretches in all directions and who is unlimited by time and space, disappeared at once.
PURPORT
Child Parīkṣit was not observing a living being who is limited by time and space. There is a gulf of difference between the Lord and the individual living being. The Lord is mentioned herein as the supreme living being unlimited by time and space. Every living being is limited by time and space. Even though a living being is qualitatively one with the Lord, still quantitatively there is a great difference between the Supreme Soul and the common individual soul. In the  Bhagavad-gītā  both the living beings and the Supreme Being are said to be all-pervading ( yena sarvam idam tatam ), yet there is a difference between these two kinds of all-pervasiveness. A common living being or soul can be all-pervading within his own limited body, but the supreme living being is all-pervading in all space and all time. A common living being cannot extend its influence over another common living being by its all-pervasiveness, but the Supreme Supersoul, the Personality of Godhead, is unlimitedly able to exert His influence over all places and all times and over all living beings. And because He is all-pervasive, unlimited by time and space, He can appear even within the