SB 1.5.20

Synonyms

idam — this; viśvam — cosmos; hi — [is] indeed; bhagavān iva — just like Bhagavān [the emphatic particle hi here implies authentication of this fact from Śruti statements, such as, “all this [visible world] is indeed Brahman” (sarvaṁ kalv idaṁ brahmety ādi śruti-pramāṇaṁ sucitam);⁷³ the cosmos is depicted as such only because it is a minute portion of Bhagavān, being evolved from Him as an effect of His potency (viśvasya tat-kārya-rūpatvāt kenacid aṁśenaiva tad-rūptavaṁ nirūpyate)⁷⁴]; itaraḥ — [yet He is] distinct from it [(sa tu anyasmād itaraḥ), meaning that the cosmos is not separate from Īśvara, whereas Īśvara is distinct from the cosmos (īśvarāt prapañco na pṛthak īśvaras tu prapañcāt pṛthag ity arthaḥ)]; [in this regard, the reason is as follows (tatra hetuḥ)]; yataḥ — being that from which [since Bhagavān is the root cause out of which (bhagavato hetoḥ)]; sthāna — the sustenance; nirodha — dissolution; sambhavāḥ — [and] evolution; jagat — [of] the world; [come about (bhavanti)]; bhavān — you; svayam — yourself; veda — certainly know; tat hi — all this; tathā api — yet; pradarśitam — it has been pointed out; te bhavataḥ — to you; [by me (mayā)⁷⁵]; prādeśa-mātram — merely as an indication [of the complete truth by reference to a single aspect (ekadeśa-mātram)].

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