160 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 3

TEXT 31

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tvam eva kalo ’nimiso jananam
ayur lavady-avayavaih ksinosi
kiita-stha dtma paramesthy ajo maharns
tvam jiva-lokasya ca jiva atma

tvam—you; eva—indeed; kdlah—unlimited time; animisah—
unblinking; jandnam—of all living entities; dyuh—the duration of life;
lava-ddi—consisting of seconds, moments, minutes and _ hours;
avayavaih—by different parts; ksinosi—reduce; kiita-sthah—without
being affected by anything; adtma—the Supersoul; paramesthi—the
Supreme Lord; ajah—the unborn; mahadn—the great; tuam—you; jiva-
lokasya—of this material world; ca—also; jivah—the cause of life;
Gtma —the Supersoul.

TRANSLATION

O my lord, Your Lordship is eternally awake, seeing everything
that happens. As eternal time, you reduce the duration of life for
all living entities through your different parts, such as moments,
seconds, minutes and hours. Nonetheless, you are unchanged,
resting in one place as the Supersoul, witness and Supreme Lord,
the birthless, all-pervading controller who is the cause of life for
all living entities.

PURPORT

In this verse the word kiita-stha is very important. Although the
Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated everywhere, He is the
central unchanging point. Isvarah sarva-bhitanam hrd-dese ‘rjuna
tisthati: the Lord is situated in full in the core of everyone’s heart. As in-
dicated in the Upanisads by the word ekatvam, although there are
