Text 51] King Citraketu Meets the Lord 151
emanate from the Supreme Lord. Therefore the Lord says, aham vai
sarva-bhitani: “I expand the physical and spiritual categories.”

Again, the Lord, as the Supersoul, guides the living entities who are
conditioned by the physical atmosphere. Therefore he is called bhiitatma
bhiita-bhavanah. He gives the living entity the intelligence with which

pio improve his position so that he may return home, back to Godhead, or

~ if he does not want to go back to Godhead, the Lord gives him the intelli-
gence with which to improve his material position. This is confirmed by
the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita (15.15). Sarvasya cadham hrdi san-
nivisto mattah smrtir jidnam apohanam ca: “‘I am seated in everyone’s
heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.”
From within, the Lord gives the living being the intelligence with which
to work. Therefore the previous verse said that after the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead endeavors, our endeavors begin. We cannot inde-
pendently endeavor or act upon anything. Therefore the Lord is bhiita-
bhavanah.

Another specific feature of the knowledge given in this verse is that
Sabda-brahma is also a form of the Supreme Lord. In His eternal,
blissful form, Lord Krsna is accepted by Arjuna as param brahma. A liv-
ing entity in the conditioned stage accepts something illusory as substan-
tial. This is called maya or avidya—ignorance. Therefore according to
the Vedic knowledge, one must become a devotee, and one must then dis-
tinguish between avidya and vidya, which are elaborately explained in
the [sopanisad. When one is actually on the platform of vidyd, he can
personally understand the Personality of Godhead in His forms like those
of Lord Rama, Lord Krsna and Sankarsana. The Vedic knowledge is de-
scribed as the breathing of the Supreme Lord, and activities begin on the
basis of Vedic knowledge. Therefore the Lord says that when He en-
deavors or breathes, the material universes come into existence, and
various activities gradually develop. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita,
pranavah sarva-vedesu: “| am the syllable ori in all the Vedic mantras.”
Vedic knowledge begins with the vibration of the transcendental sound
pranava, omkdra. The same transcendental sound is Hare Krsna, Hare
Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama.
Hare Hare. Abhinnatvan ndma-ndminoh: there is no difference be-
tween the holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself.
