558 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 10
TEXT 8
TST ARS Ter TATA: |
THAT? TER arferatfas Ul <
yo ‘dhyatmiko ’yam purusah
so ’sdv evadhidaivikah
yas tatrobhayavicchedah
puruso hyadhibhautikah
yah—one who; adhyatmikah—is possessed of the sense organs; ayam—
this; purusah—personality; sah—he; asau—that; eva—also; adhidaivikah—
controlling deity ; yah—that which; tatra—there;ubhaya—of both; vicchedah
—separation; purusah—person; hi—for; a@dhibhautikah—the visible body or
the embodied living entity.
TRANSLATION
The individual person possessing different instruments of senses is
called the adhyatmic person, and the individual controlling deity of the
senses is called adhidaivic. And the embodiment which is seen on the eye-
balls is called the adhibhautic person.
PURPORT
The supreme controlling summum bonum is the Personality of Godhead
in His plenary portion of Paramatma or the Supersoul manifestation. In
the Bhagavad-gita it is said:
athava bahunaitena kim jiatena tavarjuna
vistabhyaham idam krtsnam ekaméena sthito jagat
“All the controlling deities like Visnu, Brahma and Siva are different
manifestations of the Paramatma feature of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead Sri Krsna, and He exhibits himself in such manners by entering
into each and every universe generated from Him.” (Bg. 10.42) But still
apparently there are divisions of the controller and controlled. For
example, in the food-controlling department the controller of food is a
person made of the same ingredients as the person who is controlled.
Similarly, each and every individual in the material world is controlled by
