406 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 8

Lord. Such monists merge within the personal effulgence of the Lord
called the brahmajyoti, but the devotees enter into the transcendental
pastimes of the Lord, which are never to be misunderstood as material.

TEXT 28

aa at BremirarTaTta fet PIT |

ae aed aaa yah ates: ate RCI

manye tvam kalam isanam
anadi-nidhanam vibhum

samam carantam sarvatra
bhiitanam yan mithah kalih

manye—I consider it: tvam—Your Lordship; kalam—the eternal time;
isanam—the Supreme Lord: anadi-nidhanam—without beginning and end:
vibhum—all-pervading: samam—equally merciful: carantam— distributing;
sarvatra—everywhere; bhiitanam—of the living beings: yat mithah—by
intercourse; kalih—dissension.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, I consider Your Lordship to be eternal time, the supreme
controller, without beginning and end, the all-pervasive one. In distributing
Your mercy, you are equal to everyone. The dissensions between living
beings are due to social intercourse.

PURPORT

Kuntidevi knew that Krsna was neither her nephew nor an ordinary
family member of her paternal house. She knew perfectly well that Krsna
is the primeval Lord who lives in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul
Paramatma. Another name of the Paramatma feature of the Lord is kéla,
or eternal time. Eternal time is the witness of all our actions good and
bad, and thus resultant reactions are destined by Him. It is no use saying
that we do not know why and for what we are suffering. We may forget
the misdeed for which we may suffer at this present moment, but we must
remember that Paramatma is our constant companion, and therefore He
knows everything, past, present, and future. And because the Paramatma
feature of Lord Krsna destines all actions and reactions, He is the supreme
