Shloka 41
Nārada’s Arrival, the Nine Yogendras, and the Foundations of Bhāgavata-dharma
खं वायुमग्निं सलिलं महीं च ज्योतींषि सत्त्वानि दिशो द्रुमादीन् । सरित्समुद्रांश्च हरे: शरीरं यत् किंच भूतं प्रणमेदनन्य: ॥ ४१ ॥
khaṁ vāyum agniṁ salilaṁ mahīṁ ca jyotīṁṣi sattvāni diśo drumādīn sarit-samudrāṁś ca hareḥ śarīraṁ yat kiṁ ca bhūtaṁ praṇamed ananyaḥ
ဘက္တသည် ကృష్ణမှ ခွဲခြား၍ မည်သည့်အရာကိုမျှ မမြင်သင့်။ အာကာသ၊ လေ၊ မီး၊ ရေ၊ မြေ၊ နေမင်းနှင့် အလင်းတန်းများ၊ သတ္တဝါအားလုံး၊ အရပ်ဒిశများ၊ သစ်ပင်အပင်များ၊ မြစ်များနှင့် သမုဒ္ဒရာများ—ရှိသမျှကို ဟရိ၏ ကိုယ်တော်ဟု မြင်ကာ တစ်စိတ်တစ်မြတ်ဖြင့် ဦးညွှတ်ပူဇော်ရမည်။
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has given this example from the Purāṇas: yat paśyati, tat tv anurāgātiśayena “ jagad dhana-mayaṁ lubdhāḥ kāmukāḥ kāminī-mayam ” iti-vat hareḥ śarīram. “Because of a greedy person’s obsession with money, wherever he goes he sees an opportunity for acquiring wealth. Similarly a very lusty man notices women everywhere.” In the same way, a pure devotee should see the transcendental form of the Lord within everything, since everything is an expansion of the Lord. It is our practical experience that a greedy man will see money everywhere. If he goes to the forest he will immediately consider whether it would be profitable to purchase the forest land and sell the trees to a paper mill. Similarly, if a lusty man goes to the same forest he will look everywhere for beautiful women tourists who might happen to be there. And if a devotee goes to the same forest he will see Kṛṣṇa there, knowing correctly that the entire forest, as well as the sky canopy above, is the inferior energy of the Lord. Kṛṣṇa is supremely sacred, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and since everything that exists expands directly or indirectly from the body of the Lord, everything is sacred when seen through the eyes of a self-realized person. Therefore as stated in this verse, praṇamet: one should offer one’s sincere respects to everything. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has mentioned that we should see the personal form of Kṛṣṇa everywhere.
FAQs
This verse teaches that all elements, beings, directions, trees, rivers, and oceans should be regarded as Hari’s body; a one-pointed devotee offers respect to all without a sense of separation.
King Nimi asked about the path and qualities of the Lord’s devotees; the sages explained bhakti that culminates in non-envious, all-respecting vision grounded in seeing everything connected to Hari.
Practice humility and non-violence: offer respect to people and nature, avoid exploitation, and cultivate devotion by remembering that all existence is sustained by and related to the Lord.