Text 21] Bhisma’s Passing Away 463

upon His unalloyed devotees, He accepts all kinds of service, but that does
not mean that He has changed His position as the Absolute Person. To
think of Him as an ordinary man is the grossest type of ignorance.

TEXT 21

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sarvatmanah samadrso
hy advayasyanahankrteh
tat-krtarmm mati vaisamyam
niravadyasya na kvacit

sarva-atmanah—of one whois present in everyone’s heart; samadrsah—of
one who is equally kind to one and all; hi—certainly; advayasya—of the
Absolute; anahankrteh—free from ali material identity of false ego;
tat-krtam—everything done by Him; mati—consviousness; vaisamyam—
differentiation; niravadyasya—freed from all attachment; na—never;
kvacit—at any stage.

TRANSLATION

Being the Absolute Personality of Godhead, He is present in every-
one’s heart. He is equally kind to everyone, and He is free from the false
ego of differentiation. Therefore whatever He does is free from material
inebriety. He is equibalanced.

PURPORT

Being absolute, there is nothing different from Him. He is kaivalya;
there is nothing except Himself. Everything and everyone is the manifes-
tation of His energy, and thus He is present everywhere by His energy,
being nondifferent from it. The sun is identified with every inch of the sun
rays and every molecular particle of the rays. Similarly, the Lord is distrib-
uted by His different energies. He is Paramatma or the Supersoul, present
in everyone as the supreme guidance, and therefore He is already the
chariot driver and counsel of all living beings. When He, therefore, ex-
hibits Himself as chariot driver of Arjuna, there is no change in His
exalted position. It is the power of devotional service only that demon-
strates Him as the chariot driver or the messenger. Since He has nothing to
