148 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 16
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aham vai sarva-bhitani
bhitatma bhita-bhavanah
Sabda-brahma param brahma
mamobhe sdsvati tani

aham—I; vai—indeed; sarva-bhiitdni—expanded in different forms
of living entities; bhata-atma—the Supersoul of all living entities (the
supreme director and enjoyer of them); bhiita-bhavanah—the cause for
the manifestation of all living entities; sabda-brahma—the transcenden-
tal sound vibration (the Hare Krsna mantra); param brahma—the
Supreme Absolute Truth; mama—My; ubhe—both (namely, the form
of sound and the form of spiritual identity); sésvati—eternal; tanii—two
bodies.

TRANSLATION

All living entities, moving and nonmoving, are My expansions
and are separate from Me. I am the Supersoul of all living beings,
who exist because I manifest them. I am the form of the transcen-
dental vibrations like orikara and Hare Krsna Hare Rama, and I am
the Supreme Absolute Truth. These two forms of Mine—namely,
the transcendental sound and the eternally blissful spiritual form
of the Deity, are My eternal forms; they are not material.

PURPORT

The science of devotional service has been instructed by Narada and
Angira to Citraketu. Now, because of Citraketu’s devotional service, he
has seen the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By performing devotional
service, one advances step by step, and when one is on the platform of
love of Godhead (prema pumartho mahan) he sees the Supreme Lord at
every moment. As stated in Bhagavad-gita, when one engages in devo-
tional service twenty-four hours a day (tesam satata-yuktanam bhajatarn
priti-pirvakam) in accordance with the instructions of the spiritual
