Text 23] Prahlada Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates 29

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme controller,
who is infallible and indefatigable, is present in different forms of
life, from the inert living beings [sthavara], such as the plants, to
Brahma, the foremost created living being. He is also present in
the varieties of material creations and in the material elements, the
total material energy and the modes of material nature [sattva-
guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna], as well as the unmanifested ma-
terial nature and the false ego. Although He is one, He is present
everywhere, and He is also the transcendental Supersoul, the cause
of all causes, who is present as the observer in the cores of the
hearts of all living entities. He is indicated as that which is per-
vaded and as the all-pervading Supersoul, but actually He cannot
be indicated. He is changeless and undivided. He is simply per-
ceived as the supreme sac-cid-ananda [eternity, knowledge and
bliss]. Being covered by the curtain of the external energy, to the
atheist He appears nonexistent.

PURPORT

Not only is the Supreme Personality of Godhead present as the Super-
soul of all living entities; at the same time, He pervades everything in
the entire creation. He exists in all circumstances and at all times. He ex-
ists in the heart of Lord Brahma and also in the cores of the hearts of the
hogs, dogs, trees, plants and so on. He is present everywhere. He is
present not only in the heart of the living entity, but also in material
things, even in the atoms, protons and electrons being explored by ma-
terial scientists.

The Lord is present in three features—as Brahman, Paramatma and
Bhagavan. Because He is present everywhere, He is described as sarvam
khalv idam brahma. Visnu exists beyond Brahman. Bhagavad-gitda con-
firms that Krsna, by His Brahman feature, is all-pervading (maya tatam
idarn sarvam), but Brahman depends upon Krsna (brahmano hi
pratisthaham). Without Krsna, there could be no existence of Brahman
or Paramatma. Therefore, Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of God-
head, is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth. Although He is
