Text 37] Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras
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यः क्षेत्रवित्तपतया हृदि विश्वगाविः प्रत्यक् चकास्ति भगवांस्तमवेहि सोऽस्मि॥ ३७॥
tat tvam narendra jagatām atha tasthūṣām ca dehendriyāsu-dhiṣaṇātmabhir āvṛtānām yaḥ kṣetravit-tapatayā hṛdi viśvag āviḥ pratyak cakāsti bhagavāms tam avehi so 'smi
tat —therefore;  tvam —you;  narendra —O best of the kings;  jagatām —of the moving;  atha —therefore;  tasthūṣām —the immovable;  ca —also;  deha —body;  indriya —senses;  asu —life air;  dhiṣaṇā —by consideration;  ātmabhiḥ —self-realization;  āvṛtānām —those who are covered in that way;  yaḥ —one who;  kṣetra-vit —knower of the field;  tapatayā —by controlling;  hṛdi —within the heart;  viśvak —everywhere;  āviḥ —manifest;  pratyak —in every hair follicle;  cakāsti —shining;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  tam —unto Him;  avehi —try to understand;  saḥ asmi —I am that.
TRANSLATION
Sanat-kumāra advised the King:  My dear King Pṛthu, try to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is living within everyone's heart along with the individual soul, in each and every body, either moving or not moving. They are fully covered by the gross material body and subtle body made of the life air and intelligence.
PURPORT
In this verse it is specifically advised that instead of wasting time in the human form of life endeavoring for economic development and sense gratification, one should try to cultivate spiritual values by understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is existing within the individual soul within everyone's heart. The individual soul and the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Paramātmā feature are both sitting within this body, which is covered by gross and subtle elements. To understand this is to attain actual spiritual culture. There are two ways of advancing in spiritual culture—by the method of the impersonalist philosophers and by devotional service. The impersonalist comes to the conclusion that he and the Supreme Spirit are one, whereas devotees or personalists realize the Absolute Truth by understanding that the Absolute Truth is the supreme predominator and we living entities are predominated; therefore our duty is to serve Him. The Vedic injunctions say:  tat tvam asi , "You are the same," and  so 'ham , "I am the same." The impersonalist conception of these  mantras  is that the Supreme Lord or the Absolute Truth and the living entity are one, but from the devotee's point of view these  mantras