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sins. The Lord is compared to the powerful sun. The sun is never contaminated by anything infectious because it is so powerful. On the contrary, infected things are sterilized by the rays of the sun. Similarly, the Lord is never contaminated by sins; on the contrary, the sinful living entities become sterilized by contact with the Lord. This means that the Lord is also all-pervading like the sun, and as such the word  pratyak  is used in this verse. Nothing is excluded from the existence of the Lord's potential expansions. The Lord is within everything, and He is all-covering also, without being disturbed by the activities of the individual souls. He is therefore infinite, and the living entities are infinitesimal. In the  Vedas  it is said that only the Lord alone exists, and all others' existences depend on Him. He is the generating reservoir for everyone's existential capacity; He is the Supreme Truth of all other categorical truths. He is the source of everyone's opulence, and therefore no one can equal Him in opulence. Being full of all opulences, namely wealth, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, certainly He is the Supreme Person. And because He is a person, He has many personal qualities, although He is transcendental to the material modes. We have already discussed the statement,  itthambhūta-guno hariḥ . ( Bhāg.  1.7.10) His transcendental qualities are so attractive that even the liberated souls ( ātmārāmas ) are also attracted by them. Although possessed of all personal qualities, He is, nevertheless, omnipotent. Therefore, personally He has nothing to do, for everything is being carried out by His omnipotent energies. This is confirmed by the Vedic  mantras: parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca . This suggests His specific spiritual form, which can never be experienced by the material senses. He can be seen only when the senses are purified by devotional service,  yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tanūṁ svām . As such, there are basic differences between the Lord and the living entities, in so many respects. No one can be compared to the Lord, as the  Vedas  declare,  ekaṁ evādvitīyaṁ brahma dvaitāt vai bhayaṁ bhavati . The Lord has no competitor, and He has nothing to fear from any other being, nor can anyone be equal to Him. Although He is the root of all other beings, there are basic differences between Him and other beings. Otherwise there was no necessity of the statement in the previous verse that no one can know Him one hundred percent as He is,  na yaṁ vidanti tattvena . That no one can fully understand Him is explained also in this verse, but the qualification for understanding to some degree is mentioned here. Only the  praśāntas , or the unalloyed devotees of the Lord, can know Him to a greater extent. The reason is that the devotees have no demands in their lives but to be obedient servants of the Lord, while all others,