130 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 2

PURPORT

Lord Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by one of His
plenary parts expands Himself all over the material world, and His existence
can be perceived even within the atomic energy. Matter, anti-matter,
proton, neutron, etc., are all different effects of the Paramatma feature
of the Lord. As from wood, fire can be manifested, or as butter can be
churned out of milk, so also the presence of the Lord as Paramatma can be
felt by the process of legitimate hearing and chanting of the transcenden-
tal subjects which are especially treated in the Vedic literatures like the
Upanisads and Vedanta. Srimad-Bhdgavatam is the bona fide explanation
of these Vedic literatures. The Lord can be realized through the aural
reception of the transcendental message, and that is the only way to
experience the transcendental subject. As fire is kindled from wood by
another fire, similarly the divine consciousness of man can be kindled
by another divine grace. His Divine Grace the spiritual master can
kindle the spiritual fire from the woodlike living entity by imparting
proper spiritual messages injected through the receptive ear. Therefore one
is required to approach the proper spiritual master with receptive ear only,
and thus divine existence is gradually realized. The difference between
animality and humanity lies in this process only. A human being can hear
properly, whereas an animal cannot.

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asau gunamayair bhavair
bhita-siksmendriyatmabhih
sva-nirmitesu nirvisto
bhunkte bhiitesu tad-gunan

asau—that Paramatma; gunamayaih—influenced by the modes of nature;
bhavaih—naturally; bhita—created; siiksma—subtle; indriya—senses;
atmabhih—by the living beings; sva-nirmitesu—in His own creation;
