Text 37] The Residents of Jambūdvīpa Offer Prayers
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Upaniṣad  as follows:  satyaṁ jñānam anantaṁ brahma. yo veda nihitaṁ guhāyāṁ parame vyoman. so 'śnute sarvān kāmān saha brahmaṇā vipaściteti.  As Kṛṣṇa states in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.19),  bahūnāṁ jan-manām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate : “After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me.” When one understands that the Lord is situated in everyone’s heart and actually sees the Lord present everywhere, he has perfect knowledge. The word  jāta-vedaḥ  means “fire which is produced by rubbing wood.” In Vedic times, learned sages could bring forth fire from wood.  Jāta-vedaḥ  also indicates the fire in the stomach, which digests everything we eat and which produces an appetite. The word  gūḍha  is explained in the  Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad. Eko devaḥ sarva-bhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ : The Supreme Personality of Godhead is understood by chanting the Vedic  mantras. Sarva-vyāpī sarva-bhūtāntar-ātmā : He is all-pervading, and He is within the heart of living entities.  Karmādhyakṣaḥ sarva-bhūtādhivāsaḥ : He witnesses all activities of the living entity.  Sākṣī cetā kevalo nirguṇaś ca : The Supreme Lord is the witness as well as the living force, yet He is transcendental to all material qualities.
TEXT 37
द्रव्यक्रियाहेत्ययनेशकर्तृभि-
मायागुणैर्वस्तुनिरीक्षितास्मने ।
अन्वीक्षयाङ्गातिशयात्मबुद्धिभि-
निरस्तमायाकृतये नमो नमः ॥३७॥
dravya-kriyā-hetv-ayaneśa-kartrbhir māyā-guṇair vastu-nirikṣitātmane anvīkṣayāṅgātiśayātma-buddhibhir nirasta-māyākṛtaye namo namaḥ
dravya —by the objects of sense enjoyment;  kriyā —the activities of the senses;  hetu —the predominating deities of sensory activities;  ayana —the body;  īśa —the predominating time;  kartrbhiḥ —by false egotism;  māyā-guṇaiḥ —by the modes of material nature;  vastu —as a fact;  nirikṣita —being observed;  ātmane —unto the Supreme Soul;