266 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 15

jreyam—the objective; vacah—expression; vacyam—the ultimate ob-
ject; tamah—darkness; jyotih—light; tu—indeed; ayam—this one (the
Supreme Lord); svayam—Himself.

TRANSLATION

He who exists internally and externally, at the beginning and
end of everything and of all living beings, as that which is enjoya-
ble and as the enjoyer of everything, superior and inferior, is the
Supreme Truth. He always exists as knowledge and the object of
knowledge, as expression and the object of understanding, as
darkness and as light. Thus He, the Supreme Lord, is everything.

PURPORT

Here the Vedic aphorism sarvam khalv idam brahma is explained. It is
also explained in the catuh-sloki Bhagavatam. Aham evdsam evagre.
The Supreme Lord existed in the beginning, He exists after the creation
and maintains everything, and after destruction everything merges in
Him, as stated in Bhagavad-gita (prakrtirn yanti mamikam). Thus the
Supreme Lord is actually everything. In the conditioned state, we are
bewildered in our understanding, but in the perfect stage of liberation
we can understand that Krsna is the cause of everything.

isvarah paramah krsnah
sac-cid-Gnanda-vigrahah
andadir ddir govindah

sarva-kaérana-kdranam

“Krsna, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an
eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other
origin, for He is the prime cause of all causes.” (Bs. 5.1) This is the per-
fection of knowledge.

TEXT 58

arranferaisty AAA TAT AKATT TAA: |
gears  Tacafraeray U4cll
