Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 12
Manvantara Enumerations Begin: Svāyambhuva’s Austerity, Yajñapati’s Protection, and the Avatāras up to Hari
Gajendra Prelude
न यस्याद्यन्तौ मध्यं च स्व: परो नान्तरं बहि: । विश्वस्यामूनि यद् यस्माद् विश्वं च तदृतं महत् ॥ १२ ॥
na yasyādy-antau madhyaṁ ca svaḥ paro nāntaraṁ bahiḥ viśvasyāmūni yad yasmād viśvaṁ ca tad ṛtaṁ mahat
至上主には始まりも終わりも中間もない。特定の人や国に属さず、内と外の区別もない。この世の二元—始と終、我と他—は主のうちに存在しない。主から流出する宇宙もまた主の一相である。ゆえに主こそ究極の真理、完全なる偉大さである。
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.1) :
FAQs
This verse says the Supreme Reality has no beginning, end, or middle and cannot be confined as ‘within’ or ‘without’; He is the source and support of the universe, therefore He is ṛtam—unfailing Truth.
To dissolve material duality (mine/others) and show that the Lord is not limited by social or bodily designations; He pervades and transcends all existence as the one foundation of the cosmos.
Practice seeing beyond divisive labels and remember the Divine presence as the underlying reality in all situations—this supports steadiness, humility, and devotion.