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TEXT 18

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kunty uvaca
namasye purusam tvadyam
iSvaram prakrteh param
alaksyam sarva-bhiitanam
antar bahir avasthitam

kunti uvaca—Srimati Kunti said: namasye—let me bow down:
purusam—the Supreme Person; tvua~You; adyam—the original; isvaram
—the controller; prakrteh-of the material cosmos; param—beyond:
alaksyam—the invisible: sarva—all; bhiitanam—of living beings: antah—
within: bahik—without; avasthitam—existing.

TRANSLATION

Srimati Kunti said: O Krsna, I offer my obeisances unto You because
You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualities of the
material world. You are existing both within and without everything, yet
You are invisible to all.

PURPORT

Srimati Kuntidevi was quite aware that Krsna was the original Personali-
ty of Godhead, although He was plaving the part of her nephew. Such an
enlightened lady could not commit a mistake by offering obeisances unto
her nephew. Therefore, she addressed Him as the original purusa beyond
the material cosmos. Although all living entities are also transcendental,
they are neither original nor infallible. The living entities are apt to fall
down under the clutches of material nature, but the Lord is never like that.
In the Vedas, therefore, He is described as the chief amongst all living en-
tities. Then again He is addressed as isvara, or the controller. The living
entities or the demigods like Indra, Candra, Siirya, etc., are also to some
extent isvara, but none of them is the supreme isvara or the ultimate con-
troller. He is the paramesvara, or the Supersoul. He is both within and with-
