128 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 2

bhita-bhrn na ca bhita-stho
maméatma bhita-bhavanah

““By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All
beings are in Me, but I am not in them. And yet everything that is cre-
ated does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the
maintainer of all living entities, and although I am everywhere, My Self
is the very source of creation.” Sarvam khalv idarh brahma. Everything
is an expansion of Brahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet
everything is not the Supreme Godhead, and He is not everywhere.
Everything rests upon Him and yet does not rest upon Him. This can be
explained only through the acintya-bhedabheda philosophy. Such truths
cannot be understood, however, unless one is a pure devotee, for the
Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (18.55), bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas
cdsmi tattvatah: “One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is
only by devotional service.’ Even though the Lord cannot be understood
by ordinary persons, this principle should be understood from the
statement of the sdstras.

A pure devotee is always transcendentally situated because of execut-
ing nine different processes of bhakti-yoga (ravanarh kirtanarh visnoh
smaranam pdda-sevenam/ arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam dtma-
nivedanam). Thus situated in devotional service, a devotee, although in
the material world, is not in the material world. Yet a devotee always
fears, “Because I am associated with the material world, so many con-
taminations affect me.” Therefore he is always alert in fear, which
gradually diminishes his material association.

Symbolically, mother Devaki’s constant fear of Karnsa was purifying
her. A pure devotee should always fear material association, and in this
way all the asuras of material association will-be killed, as the sad-
garbhdsuras were killed by Karnsa. It is said that from the mind, Marici
appears. In other words, Marici is an incarnation of the mind. Marici has
six sons: Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada and Matsarya (lust, anger,
greed, illusion, madness and envy). The Supreme Personality of God-
head appears in pure devotional service. This is confirmed in the Vedas:
bhaktir evainam darsayati. Only bhakti can bring one in contact with the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead
appeared from the womb of Devaki, and therefore Devaki symbolically
