vat--just l ike fire; vibhasi--You appear.

My Lord, You are the supreme one, but by Your different energies
You appear differently in the spiritual and material worlds. You create
the total energy of the material world by Your external potency, and
after creation You enter within the material world as the Supersoul.
You are the Supreme Person, and through the temporary modes of material
nature You create varieties of manifestation, just as fire, entering
into wood of different shapes, burns brilliantly in different varieties.

4.12.11,14
sarvatmany acyute 'sarve
tivraugham bhaktim udvahan
dadarsatmani bhutesu
tam evavasthitam vibhum

sarva-atmani--unto the Supersoul; acyute--infallible; asarve--without

any limit; tivra-ogham--with unrelenting force; bhaktim--devotional
service; udvahan--rendering; dadarsa--he saw; atmani--in the Supreme
Spirit; bhutesu--in all living entities; tam--Him; eva--only;
avasthitam--situated; vibhum--all-powerful.

Dhruva Maharaja rendered devotional service unto the Supreme, the

reservoir of everything, with unrelenting force. While carrying out his
devotional service to the Lord, he could see that everything is situated
in Him only and that He is situated in all living entities. The Lord is
called Acyuta because He never fails in His prime duty, to give
protection to His devotees.

evam bahu-savam kalam

mahatmavicalendriyah
tri-vargaupayikam nitva
putrayadan nrpasanam

evam--thus; bahu--many; savam--years; kalam--time; maha-atma--great

soul; avicala-indriyah--without being disturbed by sense agitation;
tri-varga--three kinds of worldly activities; aupayikam--favorable for
executing; nitva--having passed; putraya--to his son; adat--he handed
over; nrpa-asanam--the royal throne.

The self-controlled great soul Dhruva Maharaja thus passed many,

many years favorably executing three kinds of worldly activities,
namely religiosity, economic development and satisfaction of all
material desires. Thereafter he handed over the charge of the royal
throne to his son.

THE LIBERATED SOUL, THOUGH SITUATED IN ETERNITY, KNOWLEDGE AND BLISS,

IS NOT ENDOWED WITH INFINITE KNOWLEDGE AND BLISS. HE IS ATOMIC IN
SIZE, EVEN IN THE SELF-REALIZED STATE.
(Vs. 4.4.20)

3.25.17
tada purusa atmanam
kevalam prakrteh param
nirantaram svayam-jyotir
animanam akhanditam

tada--then; purusah--the individual soul; atmanam--himself; kevalam--

pure; prakrteh param--transcendental to material existence; nirantaram-
-nondifferent; svayam jyotih--self-effulgent; animanam--infinitesimal;
akhanditam--not fragmented.

At that time the soul can see himself to be transcendental to

material existence and always self-effulgent, never fragmented,
although very minute in size.

OBJECTION: BUDDHI, MATERIAL INTELLIGENCE, IS ATOMIC. WHEN THE SOUL IS

FREED OF THIS COVERING, HE IS VIBHU OR ALL-PERVADING.

REPLY: BECAUSE THE THE LIBERATED SOUL ENJOYS THE MERCY OF THE SUPREME
LORD, HE ENJOYS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE LORD. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN
HE HAS BECOME EQUAL TO THE LORD IN ALL RESPECTS.
(Vs. 4.4.21)

11.14.12
mayy arpitatmanah sabhya
nirapeksasya sarvatah
mayatmana sukham yat tat
kutah syad visayatmanam

mayi--in Me; arpita--fixed; atmanah--of one whose consciousness;

sabhya--O learned Uddhava; nirapeksasya--of one bereft of material
desires; sarvatah--in all respects; maya--with Me; atmana--with the
Supreme Personality of Godhead or with one's own spiritual body;
sukham--happiness; yat tat--such; kutah--how; syat--could it be;
visaya--in material sense gratification; atmanam--of those who are
attached.

O learned Uddhava, those who fix their consciousness on Me, giving

up all material desires, share with Me a happiness that cannot possibly
be experienced by those engaged in sense gratification.

8.12.11
sa tvam samihitam adah sthiti janma-nasam
bhutehitam ca jagato bhava-bandha-moksau
vayur yatha visati kham ca caracarakhyam
sarvam tad-atmakatayavagamo 'varuntse
sah--Your Lordship; tvam--the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
samihitam--which has been created (by You); adah--of this material
cosmic manifestation; sthiti janma-nasam--creation, maintenance and
annihilation; bhuta--of the living entities; ihitam ca--and the
different activities or endeavors; jagatah--of the whole world; bhava-
bandha-moksau--in being implicated and being liberated from material
complications; vayuh--the air; yatha--as; visati--enters; kham--in the
vast sky; ca--and; cara-acara -akhyam--and everything, moving and
nonmoving; sarvam--everything; tat--that; atmakataya--because of Your
presence; avagamah--everything is known to You; avaruntse--You are all-