Srimad Bhagavatam — Saptama Skandha, 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
至上主啊！在一切众生与万有的始与终、内与外、上与下之中，唯你是真有。你既是知识亦是所知，既是言说亦是所诠，既是黑暗亦是光明；所享与能享亦皆为你。故你以至上真理之身，遍为一切。
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.