1252 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 29
TEXT 20
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yatha vata-ratho ghranam
auritkte gandha asayat
evam yoga-ratam ceta
atmanam avikari yat
yatha—as; vata—of air; rathah—the chariot; ghranam—sense of smell;
aurnkte—catches; gandhah—aroma; asayat—from the source; evam—
similarly ; yoga-ratam—engaged in devotional service; cetah—consciousness;
dtmanam—the Supreme Soul; avikdri—unchanging; yat— which.
TRANSLATION
As the chariot of air carries an aroma from its source and immediately
catches the sense of smell, similarly, one who constantly engages in
devotional service, in Krsna consciousness, can catch the Supreme Soul,
who is equally present everywhere.
PURPORT
As a breeze carrying a pleasant fragrance from a garden of flowers at
once captures the organ of smell, so one’s consciousness, saturated with
devotion, can at once capture the transcendental existence of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, who, in His Paramatma feature, is present every-
where, even in the heart of every living being. It is stated in Bhagavad-gita
that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is ksetra-jfia, present within this
body, but He is also simultaneously present in every other body. Since the
individual soul is present only in a particular body, he is altered when
another individual soul does not cooperate with him. The Supersoul, how-
ever, is equally present everywhere. Individual souls may disagree, but the
Supersoul, being equally present in every body, is called unchanging, or
avikari. The individual soul, when fully saturated with Krsna consciousness,
can understand the presence of the Supersoul. It is confirmed in Bhagavad-
gita that (bhaktyad mam abhijanati) a person saturated with devotional
service in full Krsna consciousness can understand the Supreme Personality
of Godhead either as Supersoul or as the Supreme Person.
