170 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 5
with the Supreme Lord. In Bhagavad-gita (15.15) the Lord says,
sarvasya caham hrdi sannivistah: “I am situated in everyone’s heart.”
This does not mean, however, that everyone is equal to the Lord. In the
Sruti-mantras it is also said, hrdi hy ayam Gtma pratisthitah. In the
beginning of Srimad-Bhdgavatam it is said, satyarn pararn dhimahi. The
Vedic mantras say, satyam jridnam anantam and niskalam niskriyam
Sdntam niravadyam. God is supreme. Although naturally He does not do
anything, He is doing everything. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita:
maya tatam idam sarvam
Jagad avyakta-miirtina
mat-sthani sarva-bhitani

na caham tesv avasthitah
““By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All
beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” (Bg. 9.4)

mayadhyaksena prakrtih

suyate sacaracaram
hetundnena kaunteya
Jagad viparivartate

“This material nature, working under My direction, O son of Kunti, is
producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifesta-
tion is created and annihilated again and again.” (Bg. 9.10) Thus al-
though the Lord is silent in His abode, He is doing everything through
His different energies (pardsya Saktir vividhaiva ériyate) .

All the Vedic mantras, or Sruti-mantras, are included in this verse
spoken by Lord Brahma, for Brahma and his followers, the Brahma-
sampradaya, understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead through
the parampara system. We have to gain understanding through the
words of our predecessors. There are twelve mahdjanas, or authorities,
of whom Brahmi is one.

svayambhir naradah sambhuh
kumarah kapilo manuh
