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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 13]
mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ
“By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” Everything exists on the basis of Kṛṣṇa’s impersonal feature; nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa. Therefore the advanced devotee of Kṛṣṇa can see the Lord everywhere, without illusion.
TEXT 6
नामिनन्देऽ ध्रुवं मृत्युमध्रुवं वास्य जीवितम् । कालं परं प्रतीक्षेत भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययम् ॥ ६ ॥
nābhinanded dhruvaṁ mṛtyum adhruvaṁ vāsya jīvitam kālaṁ paraṁ pratikṣeta bhūtānāṁ prabhavāpyayam
na—not; abhinandet—one should praise; dhruvam—sure; mṛtyum—death; adhruvam—not sure; vā—either; asya—of this body; jīvitam—the duration of life; kālam—eternal time; param—supreme; pratikṣeta—one must observe; bhūtānām—of the living entities; prabhava—manifestation; apyayam—disappearance.
TRANSLATION
Since the material body is sure to be vanquished and the duration of one’s life is not fixed, neither death nor life is to be praised. Rather, one should observe the eternal time factor, in which the living entity manifests himself and disappears.
PURPORT
The living entities in the material world, not only at the present but also in the past, have been involved in trying to solve the problem of birth and death. Some stress death and point to the illusory existence of everything material, whereas others stress life, trying to preserve it per-