CC Madhya 25.126
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 126
- yathā mahānti bhūtāni
- bhūteṣūccāvaceṣv anu
- praviṣṭāny apraviṣṭāni
- tathā teṣu na teṣv aham
SYNONYMS
yathā — as; mahānti — the universal; bhūtāni — elements; bhūteṣu — in the living entities; ucca-avaceṣu — both gigantic and minute; anu — after; praviṣṭāni — situated internally; apraviṣṭāni — situated externally; tathā — so; teṣu — in them; na — not; teṣu — in them; aham — I.
TRANSLATION
"'As the material elements enter the bodies of all living beings and yet remain outside them all, I exist within all material creations and yet am not within them.
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.9.35). It is also the third verse of the catuḥ-ślokī. For an explanation see Adi-līlā, Chapter One, text 55.