Adi-iila, Chapter 2 107
tam imam aham ajarh Sarira-bhajarm
hrdi hrdi dhisthitam atma-kalpitanam
pratidg§am iva naikadharkam ekam
samadhigato 'smi vidhuta-bheda-mohah
SYNONYMS

tam—Him; imam—this; aham—\|; ajam—the unborn; Sarira-bhajam—of the condi-
tioned souls endowed with bodies; Ardi hrdi—in each of the hearts; dhisthitam—
situated; Gtma—by themselves; kalpitanam—which are imagined; pratidrsam—for
every eye; iva—like; na eka-dha—not in one way; arkam—the sun; ekam—one;
samadhigatah—one who has obtained; asmi—| am; vidhuta—removed; bheda-mohah—
whose misconception of duality.

TRANSLATION

[Grandfather Bhisma said:] ‘As the one sun appears differently situated to
different seers, so also do You, the unborn, appear differently represented as
Paramatma in every living being. But when a seer knows himself to be one of Your
own servitors, no longer does he maintain such duality. Thus | am now able to
comprehend Your eternal forms, knowing well the Paramatma to be only Your
plenary portion.”

PURPORT

This verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.9.42) was spoken by Bhismadeva, the
grandfather of the Kurus, when he was lying on a bed of arrows at the last stage of
his life. Arjuna, Krsna and numberless friends, admirers, relatives and sages had
gathered on the scene as Maharaja Yudhisthira took moral and religious instructions
from the dying Bhigma. Just as the final moment arrived for him, Bhisma spoke this
verse while looking at Lord Krsna.

Just as the one sun is the object of vision of many different persons, so the one
partial representation of Lord Krsna who lives in the heart of every living entity as
Paramatma is a variously perceived object. One who comes intimately in touch with
Lord Krsna by engaging in His eternal service sees the Supersoul as the localized
partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhisma knew the
Supersoul to be a partial expansion of Lord Krsna, whom he understood to be the
supreme unborn transcendental form.

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