50 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 18

ultimate object of all Vedic knowledge; harim—the Lord, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

King Yayati performed various sacrifices, in which he offered
abundant gifts to the brahmanas to satisfy the Supreme Lord, Hari,
who is the reservoir of all the demigods and the object of all Vedic
knowledge.

TEXT 49
ahatat factad =tatta aacrte: |
aaa Ala ATT AAATTAATET: UBS

yasminn idam viracitam
vyomniva jaladavalih

ndneva bhati nabhati
svapna-méya-manorathah

yasmin—in whom; idam—this entire cosmic manifestation;
viracitam—created; vyomni—in the sky; iva—just like; jalada-
avalih—clouds; nadna@ iva—as if in different varieties; bhati—is
manifested; na abhati—is unmanifested; svapna-maya—illusion, like a
dream; manah-rathah—created to be traversed by the chariot of the
mind.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord, Vasudeva, who created the cosmic
manifestation, exhibits Himself as all-pervading, like the sky that
holds clouds. And when the creation is annihilated, everything en-
ters into the Supreme Lord, Visnu, and varieties are no longer
manifested.

PURPORT
As stated by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita (7.19):

bahinaém janmanaém ante
Jiianavan mam prapadyate
