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.
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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; nana iwa—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
