Shloka 49
Nārada’s Protection of Kayādhu and Prahlāda’s Womb-Instructions: Ātma-tattva and the Path of Bhakti
सर्वेषामपि भूतानां हरिरात्मेश्वर: प्रिय: । भूतैर्महद्भि: स्वकृतै: कृतानां जीवसंज्ञित: ॥ ४९ ॥
sarveṣām api bhūtānāṁ harir ātmeśvaraḥ priyaḥ bhūtair mahadbhiḥ sva-kṛtaiḥ kṛtānāṁ jīva-saṁjñitaḥ
सर्व जीवांचा आत्मा व परमात्मा श्रीहरीच आहे; तोच सर्वाधिक प्रिय आहे. जीव व देह या रूपांनी सर्व त्याच्या शक्तीचे प्रकटीकरण; म्हणून तोच परम नियंता आहे.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is manifested by His different energies — the material energy, the spiritual energy and the marginal energy. He is the original source of all living entities in the material world, and He is situated in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul. Although the living entity is the cause of his various types of bodies, the body is given by material nature according to the order of the Lord.
FAQs
This verse states that Hari is the ātmeśvara—the inner Lord and controller—who is most dear to all beings as the indwelling Self.
Prahlāda teaches that the same Supreme Lord is present within all bodies as the inner ruler; and in relation to embodied life and consciousness within a particular body, He is referred to in connection with the living being (jīva) as the indwelling life principle.
Practice seeing every person as having the Lord within; this reduces envy and hostility, and supports devotional conduct—respect, compassion, and steady remembrance of Hari.