200 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 17

TEXT 33
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na hy asyasti priyah kascin
napriyah svah paro "pi va

atmatvat sarva-bhitanam
sarva-bhiita-priyo harih

na—not; hi—indeed; asya—of the Lord; asti—there is; priyah—
very dear; kascit—anyone; na—nor; apriyah—not dear; svah—own;
parah—other; api—even; vé—or; dtmatvat—due to being the soul of
the soul; sarva-bhittanam—of all living entities; sarva-bhiita—to all liv-
ing entities; priyah—very, very dear; harih—Lord Hari.

TRANSLATION

He holds no one as very dear and no one as inimical. He has no
one for His own relative, and no one is alien to Him. He is actually
the soul of the soul of all living entities. Thus He is the auspicious
friend of all living beings and is very near and dear to all of them.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His second feature, is the
Supersoul of all living entities. As one’s self is extremely dear, the
Superself of the self is still more dear. No one can be the enemy of the
friendly Superself, who is equal to everyone. Relationships of dearness or
enmity between the Supreme Lord and the living beings are due to the
intervention of the illusory energy. Because the three modes of material
nature intervene between the Lord and the living beings, these different
relationships appear. Actually, the living entity in his pure
condition is always very near and dear to the Lord, and the Lord is dear
to him. There is no question of partiality or enmity.

TEXTS 34-35

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