Text 11] The Manus, Administrators of the Universe
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birth, before we came to the land. How did it become our property? Such deliberation will help us understand that there is a supreme proprietor of everything—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Supreme Godhead is always awake. In the conditioned stage we forget things because we change our bodies, but because the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not change His body, He remembers past, present and future. Krṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.1),  imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam : “I spoke this science of God— Bhagavad-gītā —to the sun-god at least forty million years ago.” When Arjuna inquired from Krṣṇa how He could remember incidents that had taken place so long ago, the Lord answered that Arjuna was also present at that time. Because Arjuna is Krṣṇa’s friend, wherever Krṣṇa goes, Arjuna goes. But the difference is that Krṣṇa remembers everything, whereas the living entity like Arjuna, being a minute particle of the Supreme Lord, forgets. Therefore it is said, the Lord’s vigilance is never diminished. This is also confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15).  Sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca : the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Paramātmā feature is always present within the hearts of all living entities, and from Him come memory, knowledge and forgetfulness. This is also indicated in this verse by the word  suparṇam , which means “friend.” In the  Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad  (4.6) it is therefore said,  dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṁ vṛkṣaṁ pariṣasvajāte : two birds are sitting on the same tree as friends. One bird is eating the fruit of the tree, and the other is simply observing. This observing bird is always present as a friend to the eating bird and giving him remembrance of things he wanted to do. Thus if we take into account the Supreme Personality of Godhead in our daily affairs, we can see Him or at least perceive His presence everywhere.
The words  cakṣur yasya na riṣyati  mean that although we cannot see Him, this does not mean that He cannot see us. Nor does He die when the cosmic manifestation is annihilated. The example is given in this connection that the sunshine is present when the sun is present, but when the sun is not present, or when we cannot see the sun, this does not mean that the sun is lost. The sun is there, but we cannot see it. Similarly, although we cannot see the Supreme Personality of Godhead in our present darkness, our lack of knowledge, He is always present, seeing our activities. As the Paramātmā, He is the witness and adviser ( upadraṣṭā  and