By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them. And yet, the beings do not remain in Me. Behold My divine mystery! My Self, the creator and sustainer of all beings, is not contained within them. Unmanifest, imperceptible to the senses, in My divine form, I alone have expanded or pervaded this entire universe. Therefore, all beings reside in Me, supported by Me, but I do not reside in them, supported by them. Furthermore, those beings do not reside in Me; such is My divine yogic yogic That which is of a yog or yogi. [Vadtãl – 4]. Tap to open in glossary → "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded." In these two verses, the greatness of the means, the greatness of bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → In the preceding two verses, 'mām aprāpya nivartante', and the other subsequent verse, the greatness of bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → "Rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyam"—the greatness of upasana is shown. In two verses, the greatness of the means, the greatness of bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → In two verses, the greatness of the means, the greatness of bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → This entire conscious universe is pervaded by My unmanifest, indwelling form, in order to sustain and govern this world, pervading it as the ultimate master with a sense of ownership. The form that is known through the mind, intellect, and senses is the manifest form of God. And that form of God which cannot be grasped by the mind, intellect, and senses—meaning, which the mind and others cannot know—and which exists as the indwelling ruler, is the unmanifest form. It can only be known through the scriptures. Even though He is one's indwelling ruler, He is not visible to anyone. Even the intellect cannot reach Him. Therefore, He said, "unmanifest form" (avyakta-mūrtinā). And by saying "by Me" (mayā), it means He is personified. God is standing in front of Arjuna. "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded." This is what was said. "By Me, in My unmanifested form" means that I have one manifest form and one unmanifest form. "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded." I am pervading within this world. He said "unmanifest form" because no one's senses or inner faculty can reach there. Yet, He indeed exists. From the perspective of scripture, the scriptures say so. If someone is a liberated soul (mukta mukta Free. Released. A liberated soul. A resident of any dhãm of Bhagvãn who has been freed from life in the lower loks to a more spiritually elevated state. There are varying levels of muktas: the muktas of Badrikãshram, Shvet-Dvip, Vaikunth, and Golok. The highest level of mukta, akshar- mukta, has attained ultimate kalyãn and is free from the bondage of Mãyã and the cycle of births and deaths. [Sãrangpur – 17]. Tap to open in glossary → Meaning, if they are a mukta mukta Free. Released. A liberated soul. A resident of any dhãm of Bhagvãn who has been freed from life in the lower loks to a more spiritually elevated state. There are varying levels of muktas: the muktas of Badrikãshram, Shvet-Dvip, Vaikunth, and Golok. The highest level of mukta, akshar- mukta, has attained ultimate kalyãn and is free from the bondage of Mãyã and the cycle of births and deaths. [Sãrangpur – 17]. Tap to open in glossary → They would not perceive Him. They would not perceive Him. That means He is transcendent to that, He is beyond. Even if they are the muktas of Akshardham, they still cannot grasp His indwelling form. Because they have merged into the form of God, into His personal form. In the indwelling form—and that is precisely why it is called the indwelling ruler (antaryami), because He cannot be grasped by anyone. So, that is the greatness of God. The greatness of God's form was described. Therefore, in the contemplation of the transcendent form, there must be some special quality, right? Contemplation of the manifest form is done by the worshippers of God. But in that, one must bring the sentiment of the unmanifest form. One must bring the sentiment of the transcendent form. To contemplate with the continuous awareness that He is transcendent in every way is called upasana. So now He is explaining that. What transcendent sentiment should one bring? What transcendent sentiment should one bring toward the manifest form? Yes. What did you say? One cannot grasp God as the indwelling ruler. Can no one see Him or feel Him? Not at all. Can they not know the indwelling ruler? We believe it. We do not feel it. We believe it. When I feel cold now, or when I feel hot now, has it ever happened that the indwelling ruler entered me and is telling me something? Nothing like that ever happens. Even if there are spiritually powerful persons who can look within and see the indwelling ruler, they still do not look at the indwelling ruler; they look at the one whom they have worshipped, who resides in personified form within their heart. What did God say about the nature of the indwelling ruler? "Aṇor aṇīyān"—that is the indwelling ruler. "Aṇor aṇīyān" means subtler than the subtlest. What is the meaning of subtle? That which cannot be grasped, cannot be seen, cannot be felt by something, is said to be subtler than that. "Aṇor aṇīyān." The muktas of God are very subtle, but God is "aṇor aṇīyān"—even subtler than them. Therefore, only if He were not subtler than them, but equal to them, could they see Him. They could feel Him. They could grasp Him. He is not like them; He is greater than them. Therefore, that form is not grasped by anyone, which is why God is called the unmanifest form. But which is the primary one? The human form. "By Me, in My unmanifested form." Here, what God is saying to Arjuna is that the one standing in front of him is that very one. This is not separate from Him. This is not His only form. The form of this manifest one is indeed that unmanifest one. That indwelling ruler? Is He the indwelling ruler? Yes. That indwelling ruler is indeed Him. That is some distinct power of His, which is why He knows everything. Whatever we think in our minds is known even to the manifest form, because that unmanifest is His own form; both are one and the same. We do not realize what that unmanifest form came and did here within us. Therefore, we do not see Him at all, and we keep doing everything on our own. We feel as if He is not watching. If no one can feel or see the indwelling form, then what is the purpose of the indwelling form? Control. But It does not control. It does control. It is indeed the one that controls, though this person cannot see It. It certainly controls. Its purpose is indeed to control, but this person does not realize who is controlling him. Maharaj said that if one wants to go to sleep, one cannot go on one's own, and once one has gone to sleep, one cannot come out of it on one's own. It is the indwelling ruler who makes him do so. It is the indwelling ruler who makes him experience the fruits of his actions. Even if someone does not want to experience bad fruits, He makes them experience them by force. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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