Text 40] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1073
TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, by expanding Your transcendental vibrations, You reveal
the actual meaning of everything. You are the all-pervading sky within and
without, and You are the ultimate goal of pious activities executed both
within this material world and beyond it. I therefore offer my respectful
obeisances again and again unto You.

PURPORT

Vedic evidence is called sabda-brahma. There are many things which are
beyond the perception of our imperfect senses, yet the authoritative
evidence of sound vibration is perfect. The Vedas are known as sabda-
brahma because evidence taken from the Vedas constitutes the ultimate
understanding. This is because sabda-brahma, or the Vedas, represents the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, the real essence of sabda-
brahma is the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra. By vibrating this tran-
scendental sound, the meaning of everything both material and spiritual is
revealed. This Hare Krsna is nondifferent from the Personality of Godhead.
The meaning of everything is received through the air through sound
vibration. The vibration may be material or spiritual, but without sound
vibration no one can understand the meaning of anything. In the Vedas it
is said: antar bahis ca tat sarvarh vyapya narayanah sthitah. ‘Narayana is
all-pervading, and He exists both within and without.” This is also con-
firmed in Bhagavad-gita:

yatha prakasayaty ekah
krtsnam lekam imam ravih
ksetram ksetri tatha krtsnam
prakasayati bharata
*“O son of Bharata, as the sun alone illuminates all this universe, so do
the living entity and the Supersoul illuminate the entire body by
consciousness.” (Bg. 13.34)

In other words, the consciousness of both the soul and Supersoul is all-
pervading; the limited consciousness of the living entity is pervading the
entire material body, and the supreme consciousness of the Lord is
pervading the entire universe. Because the soul is present within the body,
consciousness pervades the entire body; similarly, because the supreme
soul, or Krsna, is present within this universe, everything is working in
order. Mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram: “This material nature
is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, and it is producing all
moving and unmoving beings.” (Bg. 9.10)
