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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 3]
TEXT 31
त्वमेव कालोऽनिमिषो जनाना- मायुर्लवाद्यवयवैः क्षिणोषि । कूटस्य आत्मा परमेष्ठ्यजो महां- स्त्वं जीवलोकस्य च जीव आत्मा ॥३१॥
tvam eva kālo 'nimiṣo janānām āyur lavādy-avayavaiḥ kṣiṇoṣi kūṭa-stha ātmā parameṣṭhy ajo mahāṁs tvaṁ jīva-lokasya ca jīva ātmā
tvam—you; eva—indeed; kālaḥ—unlimited time; animiṣaḥ—unblinking; janānām—of all living entities; āyuḥ—the duration of life; lava-ādi—consisting of seconds, moments, minutes and hours; avayavaiḥ—by different parts; kṣiṇoṣi—reduce; kūṭa-sthaḥ—without being affected by anything; ātmā—the Supersoul; parameṣṭhī—the Supreme Lord; ajaḥ—the unborn; mahān—the great; tvam—you; jīva-lokasya—of this material world; ca—also; jīvaḥ—the cause of life; ātmā—the Supersoul.
TRANSLATION
O my lord, Your Lordship is eternally awake, seeing everything that happens. As eternal time, you reduce the duration of life for all living entities through your different parts, such as moments, seconds, minutes and hours. Nonetheless, you are unchanged, resting in one place as the Supersoul, witness and Supreme Lord, the birthless, all-pervading controller who is the cause of life for all living entities.
PURPORT
In this verse the word  kūṭa-stha  is very important. Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated everywhere, He is the central unchanging point.  Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati : the Lord is situated in full in the core of everyone's heart. As indicated in the  Upaniṣads  by the word  ekatvam , although there are