Shloka 50
Bhagavān’s Avatāras, Their Protections (Poṣaṇa), and the Limits of Knowing Him
सोऽयं तेऽभिहितस्तात भगवान् विश्वभावन: । समासेन हरेर्नान्यदन्यस्मात् सदसच्च यत् ॥ ५० ॥
so ’yaṁ te ’bhihitas tāta bhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥ samāsena harer nānyad anyasmāt sad-asac ca yat
သားရေ၊ ကမ္ဘာလောကကို ပေါ်ထွန်းစေသော ဘဂဝန်တော်ကို ငါ အကျဉ်းချုပ် ပြောပြီးပြီ။ ဟရီတော်မရှိလျှင် စတ်နှင့် အစတ်—ရှိခြင်းနှင့် မရှိခြင်း—အတွက် အခြားအကြောင်းမရှိ။
Since we generally have the experience of the temporary, material world and conditioned souls trying to lord it over the material worlds, Brahmājī explained to Nāradadeva that this temporary world is the work of the external potency of the Lord and that the conditioned souls struggling here for existence are the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead. There is no cause for all these phenomenal activities but Him, Hari, the Supreme Lord, who is the primeval cause of all causes. This does not mean, however, that the Lord Himself is distributed impersonally. He is aloof from all these interactions of the external and marginal potencies. In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.4) it is confirmed that by His potencies alone He is present everywhere and anywhere. Everything that is manifested rests on His potency only, but He, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is always aloof from everything. The potency and the potent are simultaneously one and different from one another.
FAQs
This verse states that Shukadeva has summarized Hari as the universe’s source and that nothing—whether manifest (sat) or unmanifest/temporary (asat)—exists independent of Him.
After describing the Lord’s incarnations and functions in brief, Shukadeva concludes by establishing Hari as the foundation of all existence, focusing Parikshit’s mind on the Supreme before further narration.
It helps reduce anxiety and ego by remembering outcomes and resources are not separate from the divine source, encouraging humility, gratitude, and steady devotional practice.