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Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, by expanding Your transcendental vibrations, You reveal the actual meaning of everything. You are the all-pervading sky within and without, and You are the ultimate goal of pious activities executed both within this material world and beyond it. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances again and again unto You.
PURPORT
Vedic evidence is called  śabda-brahma . There are many things which are beyond the perception of our imperfect senses, yet the authoritative evidence of sound vibration is perfect. The  Vedas  are known as  śabda-brahma  because evidence taken from the  Vedas  constitutes the ultimate understanding. This is because  śabda-brahma , or the  Vedas , represents the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, the real essence of  śabda-brahma  is the chanting of the Hare  Kṛṣṇa mantra . By vibrating this transcendental sound, the meaning of everything both material and spiritual is revealed. This Hare  Kṛṣṇa  is nondifferent from the Personality of Godhead. The meaning of everything is received through the air through sound vibration. The vibration may be material or spiritual, but without sound vibration no one can understand the meaning of anything. In the  Vedas  it is said:  antar bahiś ca tat sarvaṁ vyāpya nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ . “Nārāyaṇa is all-pervading, and He exists both within and without.” This is also confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā :
yathā prakāśayaty ekaḥ kṛtsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ kṣetraṁ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṁ prakāśayati bhārata
“O son of Bharata, as the sun alone illuminates all this universe, so do the living entity and the Supersoul illuminate the entire body by consciousness.” (Bg. 13.34)
In other words, the consciousness of both the soul and Supersoul is all-pervading; the limited consciousness of the living entity is pervading the entire material body, and the supreme consciousness of the Lord is pervading the entire universe. Because the soul is present within the body, consciousness pervades the entire body; similarly, because the supreme soul, or  Kṛṣṇa , is present within this universe, everything is working in order.  Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram : “This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings.” (Bg. 9.10)