Gita : Ch-13, Slo-14, Discussion-4.

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21/12/2017

Chapter-13.  ( Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yogam )

Slokam- 14.
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sarvatah   panipadam   tat  sarvatokshisiromukham,

 sarvatah  srutimalloke  sarvamavrtya  tishtati.
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 Word by meaning:-

sarvatah   pani-padam  = hands  and  legs  everywhere;

sarvatah  akshi-sirah-mukham  =  and  eyes,  heads,  faces  ( mouths),  everywhere;

sarvatah  srutimat  tat  =  ears  everywhere,  withh  all  these  (  as  mentioned  above  two  lines ),  the  'Brahmam';

loke  sarvam  avrtya  =  covering  everywhere  in  the  world  ( spread  in  all  things,  all  over  the  world );

tishtati  =  exists.
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SUM :-(Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes and faces, and He hears everything. In this way the Paramatma exists.)
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Discussion-4.

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This means that the individual soul, having become conditioned by material nature, is not supreme.

The Supreme is different from the individual soul.

The Supreme Lord can extend His hand without limit; the individual soul cannot.

"In Bhagavad-gita the Lord says that if anyone offers Him a flower, or a fruit, or a little water,
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He accepts."


If the Lord is a far distance away, how can He accept things?

This is the omnipotence of the Lord : - even though He is situated in His own abode, far, far away from earth, He can extend His hand to accept what anyone offers.

That is His potency.

In the Brahma-samhita it is stated, goloka eva nivasati : - although He is always engaged in pastimes in His transcendental planet, He is all-pervading.

The individual soul cannot claim that he is all-pervading.

Therefore this slokam describes the Supreme Soul, the Personality of Godhead, not the individual soul.

To be continued   ....


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