Text 43] Kapila’s Instructions on Devotional Service 1223
TRANSLATION

A yogi should see the same soul in all manifestations, for all that exists
is a manifestation of different energies of the Supreme. In this way the
devotee should see all living entities without distinction. That is realization
of the Supreme Soul.

PURPORT

As stated in the Brahma-samhita, not only does the Supreme Soul enter
each and every universe, but He enters even the atoms. The Supreme
Soul is present everywhere in the dormant stage, and when one can see the
presence of the Supreme Soul everywhere, he is liberated from material
designations.

The word sarva-bhiitesu is to be understood as follows. There are four
different divisions of species—living entities which sprout from the earth,
living entities born of fermentation or germination, living entities which
come from eggs, and living entities which come from the embryo. These
four divisions of living entities are expanded in 8,400,000 species of life. A
person who is freed from material designations can see the same quality of
spirit present everywhere or in every manifested living entity. Less intelli-
gent men think that plants and grass grow out of the earth automatically,
but one who is actually intelligent and has realized the self can see that
this growth is not automatic; the cause is the soul, and the forms come
out in material bodies under different conditions. By fermentation in the
laboratory many germs are born, but this is due to the presence of the soul.
The material scientist thinks that eggs are lifeless, but that is not a fact.
From Vedic scripture we can understand that living entities in different
forms are generated under different conditions. Birds evolve from eggs,
and beasts and human beings are born from the embryo. The perfect vision
of the yogi or devotee is that he sees the presence of the living entity
everywhere.

TEXT 43
BAT TM SUAS AAT TATA |
Tettat THAT TASS HT HH FerasI AN
sva-yonisu yatha jyotir
ekam nana pratiyate
yoninam guna-vaisamyat
tathatma prakrtau sthitah
