394 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 11

place of everything material. He is therefore known as Vasudeva,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By His own potency, He is
present within the hearts of all living entities, just as the air or
vital force is within the bodies of all beings, moving and nonmoy-
ing. In this way He controls the body. In His partial feature, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead enters all bodies and controls
them.

PURPORT

This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (15.15). Sarvasya caham hrdi
sannivisto mattah smrtir jidnam apohanam ca. Every living being is
controlled by the supreme living being, Paramatma. who resides within
everyone's heart. He is the purusa, the purusa-avatdra, who creates this
material world. The first purusa-avatara is Maha-Visnu. and that Maha-
Visnu is the plenary portion of the plenary portion of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, Krsna. Krsna’s first expansion is Baladeva. and His
next expansions are Vasudeva. Sankarsana, Aniruddha and Pradyumna.
Vasudeva is the original cause of the brahmajyoti, and the brahmajyoti is
the expansion of the rays of the body of Vasudeva.

yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-
kotisv aSesa-vasudhadi-vibhiti-bhinnam

tad brahma niskalam anantam asesa-bhitam
govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami

“| worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great
power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is the imper-
sonal Brahman, which is absolute, complete and unlimited and which
displays the varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences,
in millions and millions of universes.” (Brahma-samhita 5.40) The
Supreme Personality of Godhead is thus described in Bhagavad-gita:

maya tatam idam sarvarn
jagad avyakta-miartina

mat-sthani sarva-bhitani
na caham tesv avasthitah
