Shloka 57
Nārada’s Instructions: Śrāddha, True Dharma, Contentment, Yoga, and Devotion-Centered Renunciation
आदावन्ते जनानां सद् बहिरन्त: परावरम् । ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं वचो वाच्यं तमो ज्योतिस्त्वयं स्वयम् ॥ ५७ ॥
ādāv ante janānāṁ sad bahir antaḥ parāvaram jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ vaco vācyaṁ tamo jyotis tv ayaṁ svayam
О Господь! В начале и в конце всего и всех существ, снаружи и внутри, как высшее и низшее — Ты и есть истинное Бытие. Ты — знание и познаваемое, слово и смысл, тьма и свет. И предмет наслаждения, и наслаждающийся — тоже Ты; потому как Высшая Истина Ты есть всё.
Here the Vedic aphorism sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma is explained. It is also explained in the catuḥ-ślokī Bhāgavatam. Aham evāsam evāgre. The Supreme Lord existed in the beginning, He exists after the creation and maintains everything, and after destruction everything merges in Him, as stated in Bhagavad-gītā ( prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām ). Thus the Supreme Lord is actually everything. In the conditioned state, we are bewildered in our understanding, but in the perfect stage of liberation we can understand that Kṛṣṇa is the cause of everything.
FAQs
This verse states that the Lord alone is the true reality for all beings, present both externally and internally, encompassing all levels of existence.
Prahlada teaches that the Supreme is not only the source of spiritual understanding but also the ultimate goal of that understanding—He is both the means and the end of realization.
See your learning, speech, and daily experiences as meant to lead you toward the Supreme; cultivate remembrance of God as present within and around you, which steadies the mind in both clarity and confusion.