Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvitiya Skandha, Shloka 25
Brahmā’s Tapasya, the Vision of Vaikuṇṭha, and the Lord’s Seed Instructions
Catuḥ-śloki
ब्रह्मोवाच भगवन् सर्वभूतानामध्यक्षोऽवस्थितो गुहाम् । वेद ह्यप्रतिरुद्धेन प्रज्ञानेन चिकीर्षितम् ॥ २५ ॥
brahmovāca bhagavan sarva-bhūtānām adhyakṣo ’vasthito guhām veda hy apratiruddhena prajñānena cikīrṣitam
Herr Brahmā sprach: O Bhagavān, Du weilst im Herzen aller Lebewesen als höchster Lenker; daher kennst Du durch Deine überlegene, ungehinderte Erkenntnis jedes Vorhaben.
The Bhagavad-gītā confirms that the Lord is situated in everyone’s heart as the witness, and as such He is the supreme director of sanction. The director is not the enjoyer of the fruits of action, for without the Lord’s sanction no one can enjoy. For example, in a prohibited area a habituated drunkard puts forward his application to the director of drinking, and the director, considering his case, sanctions only a certain amount of liquor for drinking. Similarly, the whole material world is full of many drunkards, in the sense that each and every one of the living entities has something in his mind to enjoy, and everyone desires the fulfillment of his desires very strongly. The almighty Lord, being very kind to the living entity, as the father is kind to the son, fulfills the living entity’s desire for his childish satisfaction. With such desires in mind, the living entity does not actually enjoy, but he serves the bodily whims unnecessarily, without profit. The drunkard does not derive any profit out of drinking, but because he has become a servant of the drinking habit and does not wish to get out of it, the merciful Lord gives him all facilities to fulfill such desires.
FAQs
This verse states that the Lord, as the overseer of all beings, is situated within the heart’s hidden chamber and knows one’s intentions through His unobstructed intelligence.
In Canto 2, Chapter 9, Brahmā is preparing to carry out creation and acknowledges that the Lord, dwelling as the inner witness, already knows his plan and purpose.
Act with sincerity and integrity, remembering that the inner Lord knows our motives; align intentions with dharma and devotion rather than mere outward appearances.