Text 25] Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version 495

TEXT 25

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WTA AAAs SaerA Tey |
aq anftega sara Prati 122i!

Sri brahmovaca

bhagavan sarva-bhitanam
adhyakso vasthito guham

veda hy apratiruddhena
prajiidnena cikirsitam

sri brahmd uvaca—Lord Brahm said; bhagavan—O my Lord; sarva—all;
bhitandm—of all living entities; adhyaksah—director; avasthitah—situated;
guham—within the heart; veda—know; hi—certainly ; apratiruddhena— with-
out hindrance; prajfidnena—by superintelligence; cikirsitam—endeavors.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma said: O Personality of Godhead, You are situated in
every living entity’s heart as the supreme director, and therefore You are
aware of all endeavors by Your superior intelligence, without any hin-
drance whatsoever.

PURPORT

The Bhagavad-gita confirms that the Lord is situated in everyone’s
heart as the witness, and as such He is the supreme director of sanction.
The director is not the enjoyer of the fruits of action, but without His
sanction no one can enjoy. For example, in a prohibited area a habituated
drunkard puts forward his application to the director of drinking, and the
director, considering his case, sanctions only a certain amount of liquor for
drinking. Similarly, the whole material world is full of many drunkards, in
the sense that each and every one of the living entities has something in
his mind to enjoy, and everyone desires the fulfillment of his desires very
strongly. The almighty Lord, very kind to the living entity, as the father
is kind to the son, fulfills the living entity’s desire for his childish satisfac-
tion. With such desires in mind, the living entity does not actually enjoy,
