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TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTĪ
among all living entities ( nityo nityānām cetanaś cetanānām ). Then again He is addressed as  īśvara , or the controller. The living entities or the demigods like Candra and Sūrya are also to some extent  īśvara , but none of them is the supreme  īśvara , or the ultimate controller. Kṛṣṇa is the  parameśvara , or the Supersoul. He is both within and without. Although He was present before Śrīmatī Kuntī as her nephew, He was also within her and everyone else. In the  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15) the Lord says, “I am situated in everyone’s heart, and only due to Me one remembers, forgets, and is cognizant, etc. Through all the  Vedas  I am to be known because I am the compiler of the  Vedas , and I am the teacher of the  Vedānta .” Queen Kuntī affirms that the Lord, although both within and without all living beings, is still invisible. The Lord is, so to speak, a puzzle for the common man. Queen Kuntī experienced personally that Lord Kṛṣṇa was present before her, yet He entered within the womb of Uttarā to save her embryo from the attack of Aśvatthāmā’s  brahmāstra . Kuntī herself was puzzled about whether Śrī Kṛṣṇa is all-pervasive or localized. In fact, He is both, but He reserves the right of not being exposed to persons who are not surrendered souls. This checking curtain is called the  māyā  energy of the Supreme Lord, and it controls the limited vision of the rebellious soul. It is explained as follows.