Text 10] Bhisma’s Passing Away 451

things in terms of the time and place. Bhismadeva was one of the twelve
great authorities of preaching this cult of devotional service, and therefore
he could receive and welcome all the powerful sages from all parts of the
universe assembled there at his deathbed. He was certainly unable at that
time to welcome and receive them physically because he was neither at his
home nor in a normal healthy condition. But he was quite fit by the
activities of his sound mind, and therefore he could utter sweet words with
hearty expressions, and all of them were well received. One can perform
one’s duty by physical work, by mind and by words. And he knew well
how to utilize them in the proper place, and therefore there was no
difficulty for him to receive them, although physically unfit.

TEXT 10

BU 4 TMA AA ATT |
geet Ta arTaraiagey Nell

krsnam ca tat-prabhava-jiia
dsinam jagad-isvaram

hrdi-stharh pujayamasa
mayayopatta-vigraham

krsnam—unto Lord Sri Krsna; ca—also; tat--His; prabhava-jnah—the
knower of glories; dsinam—sitting; jagat-isvaram—the Lord of the universe;
hrdi-stham—situated in the heart: pujayamasa—worshiped; mayaya—by
internal potency; upatta—being made of; vigraham—form.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Krsna is situated in everyone’s heart, yet He manifests His
transcendental form by His internal potency. This very Lord was sitting
before Bhismadeva, and since he knew of His glories, he worshiped Him
duly.

PURPORT

The Lord’s omnipotency is displayed by His simultaneous presence in
every place. He is present always in His eternal abode Goloka Vrndavana,
and still He is present in everyone’s heart and even within every invisible
atom. When He manifests His eternal transcendental form in the material
