SB 1.3.36

Synonyms

saḥ vai — this very [Bhagavān, the Immanent Self of all beings (sarvāntaryāmī bhagavān eva)¹⁶³]; amogha-līlaḥ — whose divine acts [or whose divine will (sva-icchā)¹⁶⁴] never go in vain [meaning that His play of cosmic creation is productive of the highest good in the form of dharma and so on (dharmādi-catur-viddha-puruṣārtha-hetu-bhūtā līlā yasya saḥ)]; sṛjati — evolves [utpādayati]; avati — sustains [rakṣati]; atti — [and] dissolves [saṁhārati]; idam — this; viśvam — visible universe [dṛśyamānaṁ viśvam]; na sajjate — without becoming attached; asmin — to it [(viśvasmin), without holding to the ego of proprietorship that leads one to think, “since it is created by me, it is mine” (mayā kṛtaṁ mamaivedam ity abhimānaṁ na karoti)]; antarhitaḥ — abiding immanently [antarātmatayā avasthitaḥ¹⁶⁵]; bhūteṣu — in all living beings; ca — and [yet (kintu)]; ātma-tantraḥ — fully independent [(sva-tantraḥ);¹⁶⁶ of the influences to which the living beings are subjected, such as time, action, and innate disposition (jīva-vat kāla-karma-svabhāvādy-adhīnatā-rahitaḥ)]; ṣaṭ-guṇa-īśaḥ — the Supreme Master of the six divine opulences [(ṣaḍbhir aiśvaryādibhir guṇair bhagākhyair īṣṭe saḥ);¹⁶⁷ or the Supreme Regulator of the mind and the five cognitive sense capacities (ṣaḍ-indriya-niyantā)]; jighrati — witnesses [subjectively perceives from the witness position (sākṣitayā paśyanti); as if smelling a fragrance from a distance without direct contact (dūrād eva gandha-vad gṛhṇāti na tu sajjate)¹⁶⁸]; ṣāṭ-vargikam — the objects of the six senses [mana-indriya-ṣaḍ-varga-viṣayam].¹⁶⁹

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