Text 47] The Renunciation of Kardama Muni 999

atmanam—the Supersoul; sarva-bhiitesu—in all living beings;
bhagavantam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; avasthitam—situated;
apasyat—he saw; sarva-bhitdani—all living beings; bhagavati—in the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; api—moreover; ca—and; atmani—on the Supersoul.

TRANSLATION

He began to see that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is seated in
everyone’s heart, and that everyone is existing on Him, because He is the
Supersoul of everyone.

PURPORT

That everyone is existing on the Supreme Personality of Godhead does
not mean that everyone is also Godhead. This is also explained in
Bhagavad-gita: everything is resting on Him, the Supreme Lord, but that
does not mean that the Supreme Lord is also everywhere. This mysterious
position has to be understood by highly advanced devotees. There are three
kinds of devotees—the neophyte devotee, the intermediate devotee and
the advanced devotee. The neophyte devotee does not understand the tech-
niques of devotional science, but simply offers devotional service to the Deity
in the temple; the intermediate devotee understands who God is, who is a
devotee, who is a nondevotee and who is innocent, and he deals with such
persons differently. But a person who sees that the Lord is sitting as
Paramatma in everyone’s heart and that everything is depending or existing
on the transcendental energy of the Supreme Lord is in the highest devo-
tional position.

TEXT 47

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WRK AA APTA TAA: Nel!

iccha-dvesa-vihinena .
sarvatra sama-cetasa
bhagavad-bhakti-yuktena

prapta bhagavati gatih

iccha—desire; dvesa—and hatred; vihinena—freed from; sarvatra—every-
where; sama—equal; celasa—with the mind; bhagavat—unto the Personality
of Godhead; bhakti-yuktena—by discharging devotional service; prapta—
