Text 25]
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TEXT 25
ब्रह्मोवाच
भगवन् सर्वभूतानामध्यक्षोऽवस्थितो गुहाम् । वेद ह्यप्रतिरुद्धेन प्रज्ञानेन चिकीर्षितम् ॥२४॥
śrī brahmovāca bhagavan sarva-bhūtānām adhyakṣo 'vasthito guhām veda hy apratiruddhena prajñānena cikīrṣitam
śrī brahmā uvāca—Lord Brahmā said; bhagavan—O my Lord; sarva—all; bhūtānām—of all living entities; adhyakṣaḥ—director; avasthitaḥ—situated; guhām—within the heart; veda—know; hi—certainly; apratiruddhena—without hindrance; prajñānena—by superintelligence; cikīrṣitam—endeavors.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā said: O Personality of Godhead, You are situated in every living entity's heart as the supreme director, and therefore You are aware of all endeavors by Your superior intelligence, without any hindrance whatsoever.
PURPORT
The  Bhagavad-gītā  confirms that the Lord is situated in everyone's heart as the witness, and as such He is the supreme director of sanction. The director is not the enjoyer of the fruits of action, but without His sanction no one can enjoy. For example, in a prohibited area a habituated drunkard puts forward his application to the director of drinking, and the director, considering his case, sanctions only a certain amount of liquor for drinking. Similarly, the whole material world is full of many drunkards, in the sense that each and every one of the living entities has something in his mind to enjoy, and everyone desires the fulfillment of his desires very strongly. The almighty Lord, very kind to the living entity, as the father is kind to the son, fulfills the living entity's desire for his childish satisfaction. With such desires in mind, the living entity does not actually enjoy,