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namah kamala-kinjalka-
pisangamala-vasase
sarva-bhuta-nivasaya
namo yunksmahi saksine
SYNONYMS
namahobeisances; kamala-kinjalkalike the saffron in a lotus flower; pisangayellowish; amalaspotless; vasaseunto Him whose garment; sarva-bhutaof all living entities; nivasayathe shelter; namahobeisances; ayunksmahilet us offer; saksineunto the supreme witness.
TRANSLATION
Dear Lord, the garment You have put on is yellowish in color, like the saffron of a lotus flower, but it is not made of anything material. Since You live in everyones heart, You are the direct witness of all the activities of all living entities. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You again and again.
PURPORT
In this verse the dress of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His all-pervasive nature are described. The Lord puts on a dress that is yellow, but such a garment is never to be considered material. The garments of the Lord are also the Lord. They are nondifferent from the Lord because they are spiritual in nature.
The word sarva-bhuta-nivasaya further clarifies how Lord Visnu lives in everyones heart and acts as the direct witness of all the activities of the conditioned soul. Within this material world the conditioned soul has desires and acts in accordance with these desires. All these acts are observed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (15.15):
I am seated in everyones heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. The Lord is present in everyones heart, and He gives the living entity intelligence. According to the desires of the living entity, the Lord makes him remember or forget. If the living entity is demoniac and wants to forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord gives him the intelligence to be able to forget the Supreme Lord forever. Similarly, when a devotee wants to serve the Supreme Lord, the Lord, as Paramatma, gives the devotee the intelligence to make progress in devotional service. The Lord directly witnesses our activities and experiences our desires. The Supreme Lord gives us the facilities to act in the way we wish.
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