Shloka 197
The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha
स चास्माकं हृदिस्थोऽपि तस्याहं हृदये स्थितः । आवयोरंतरं नास्ति परत्रेह च मत्समः
sa cāsmākaṃ hṛdistho'pi tasyāhaṃ hṛdaye sthitaḥ | āvayoraṃtaraṃ nāsti paratreha ca matsamaḥ
彼が我らの心に住まうように、我もまた彼の心に住まう。われら二者の間に隔てはない——この世にも彼岸にも——そして我に等しき者はない。
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Concept: Bhagavān is antaryāmin (indweller) and reciprocally ‘dwells’ in the devotee; true devotion erases felt distance between Lord and bhakta.
Application: Cultivate remembrance (smaraṇa) and heart-purity: japa, nāma-kīrtana, and ethical living so the ‘inner presence’ becomes experiential; treat every action as done before the indwelling Lord.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: चास्माकं → च + अस्माकम्; हृदिस्थोऽपि → हृदि-स्थः + अपि (ः + अ → ओऽ); तस्याहं → तस्य + अहम्; आवयोरंतरं → आवयोः + अन्तरम्; परत्रेह → परत्र + इह.
FAQs
It presents mutual indwelling—God in the devotee’s heart and the devotee in God’s heart—expressing an intimate, inseparable bond that transcends both this world and the next.
By locating the divine presence in the heart, it supports inward devotion (mānasa-bhakti) and remembrance, suggesting that true closeness to God is realized internally, not only through external rites.
If the divine abides within, one should cultivate purity of heart, humility, and steadfast devotion—living as though under the immediate presence of the indwelling Lord.