718 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 13

TEXT 48

MRE WA WAAR MSA AES |
WASA A Als THT gf ATTN SA ec

tad idam bhagavan rajann
eka atmatmanam svadrk-
antaro’nantaro bhati
pasya tarh mayayorudha

tat—therefore; idam—this manifestation; bhagavan—the Personality of
Godhead; rajan—O King; ekah—one without a second; atma—the Supersoul;
atmanam—by His energies; svadrk—qualitatively like Him; antarah—with-
out; anantarah—within and by Himself; bhati—so manifests; pasya—look;
tam—unto Him only; mayaya—by manifestations of different energies;
urudha—appears to be many.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O King, you should look to the Supreme Lord only, who
is one without a second and who manifests Himself by different energies
and is both within and without.

PURPORT

The Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead is one without a second, but
He manifests Himself by different energies because He is by nature blissful.
The living beings are also manifestations of His marginal energy, qualita-
tively one with the Lord, and there are innumerable living beings both
within and without the external and internal energies of the Lord. Since
the spiritual world is a manifestation of the Lord’s internal energy, the
living beings within that internal potency are qualitatively one with the
Lord without contamination from the external potency. Although
qualitatively one with the Lord, the living being, due to contamination of
the material world, is pervertedly manifested, and therefore he experiences
so-called happiness and distress in the material world. Such experiences
are all ephemeral and do not affect the spirit soul. The perception of such
ephemeral happiness and distress is due only to the forgetfulness of his
qualities, which are equal to the Lord’s. There is, however, a regular
current by which to rectify the fallen condition of the living being by the
Lord Himself from within and without. From within He corrects the
desiring living being as localized Paramatma, and from without He corrects
by His manifestations, the spiritual master and the revealed scriptures. One
should look unto the Lord; one should not be disturbed by the so-called
