Text 37] The Residents of Jambidvipa Offer Prayers 215

Upanisad as follows: satyamh jridnam anantam brahma. yo veda nihitam
guhayadm parame vyoman. so ’snute sarvan kamdn saha brahmana
vipasciteti. As Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita (7.19), bahinarn jan-
mandm ante jridnavan mam prapadyate: ‘“‘After many births and
deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me.”” When one
understands that the Lord is situated in everyone's heart and actually
sees the Lord present everywhere, he has perfect knowledge. The word
jata-vedah means “‘fire which is produced by rubbing wood.” In Vedic
times, learned sages could bring forth fire from wood. Jata-vedah also
indicates the fire in the stomach, which digests everything we eat and
which produces an appetite. The word giédha is explained in the
Svetasvatara Upanisad. Eko devah sarva-bhitesu giidhah: The Supreme
Personality of Godhead is understood by chanting the Vedic mantras.
Sarva-vydpi sarva-bhitantar-dtma: He is all-pervading, and He is
within the heart of living entities. Karmadhyaksah  sarva-
bhitadhivasah: He witnesses all activities of the living entity. Sdksi ceta
kevalo nirgunas ca: The Supreme Lord is the witness as well as the living
force, yet He is transcendental to all material qualities.

TEXT 37
FOU ATTA TRA A-
Arana ea ATAAT |
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OD ME a COTE]

dravya-kriya-hetv-a yanesa-kartrbhir
mayda-gunair vastu-niriksitatmane

anviksayangatisayatma-buddhibhir
nirasta-mayakrtaye namo namah

dravya—by the objects of sense enjoyment; kriya—the activities of
the senses; hetu—the predominating deities of sensory activities;
ayana—the body: isa—the predominating time; kartrbhih—by false
egotism; maya-gunaih—by the modes of material nature: vastu—as a
fact; niriksita—being observed; a@tmane—unto the Supreme Soul;
