Text 37] Ideal Family Life 185
TEXT 37
grerra genta | afaeefagam: |
a Hla Str Gey TEN qa 130
purany anena srstani
nr-tiryag-rsi-devatah
Sete jivena riipena
puresu puruso hy asau
purdni—residential places or bodies; anena—by Him (the Supreme
Personality of Godhead); srstani—among those creations; nr—man;
tiryak—other than human beings (animals, birds, etc); rsi—saintly per-
sons; devatah—and demigods; sete—lies down; jivena—with the living
entities; ripena—in the form of Paramatma; puresu—within these resi-
dential places or bodies; purusah—the Supreme Lord; hi—indeed;
asau—He (the Personality of Godhead).
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has created many residen-
tial places like the bodies of human beings, animals, birds, saints
and demigods. In all of these innumerable bodily forms, the Lord
resides with the living being as Paramatma. Thus He is known as
the purusavatara.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (18.61) it is said:
iSvarah sarva-bhitanam
hrd-dese ’rjuna tisthati
bhraémayan sarva-bhitani
yantrariidhani mayaya
“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is
directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a
machine, made of the material energy.” The living entity, who is part
and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exists on the mercy of
