Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1

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Srimad Bhagavatam1.1.1

• anvayäd itarataç cärtheñv abhijïaù

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Text 1

• oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya
• janmädy asya yato nvayäd itarataç
• cärtheñv abhijïaù svaräö
• tene brahma hådä ya ädi-kavaye
• muhyanti yat sürayaù
• tejo-väri-mådäà yathä
• vinimayo yatra tri-sargo måñä
• dhämnä svena sadä nirasta-kuhakaà
• satyaà paraà dhémahi

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Translation

• O my Lord, Çré Kåñëa, son of Vasudeva, O
  all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my
  respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon
  Lord Çré Kåñëa because He is the Absolute Truth
  and the primeval cause of all causes of the
  creation, sustenance and destruction of the
  manifested universes. He is directly and
  indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and
  He is independent because there is no other cause
  beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the
  Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmäjé, the
  original living being. By Him even the great
  sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as
  one is bewildered by the illusory representations
  of water seen in fire, or land seen on water.
  Only because of Him do the material universes,
  temporarily manifested by the reactions of the
  three modes of nature, appear factual, although
  they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him,
  Lord Çré Kåñëa, who is eternally existent in the
  transcendental abode, which is forever free from
  the illusory representations of the material
  world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the
  Absolute Truth.

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anvayäd itarataç cärtheñv abhijïaù

• anvayätdirectly
• itarataùindirectly
• caand
• artheñupurposes
• abhijïaùfully cognizant
• He is directly and indirectly conscious of all
  manifestations.

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Indirectly cognizant

• Universe is compared to big organization and all
  the demigods to the heads of different
  departments and Krsna is the owner or this
  universal organization.
• Thus He is indirectly cognizant of the affairs of
  universe through the different department heads,
  who act as His servants to carry out the affairs
  of universal management.

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Paramatma in heart

• samäne våkñe puruño nimagno
• néçayä çocati muhyamänaù
• juñöaà yadä paçyaty anyam éçam
• asya mahimänam iti véta-çokaù
• Although the two birds are in the same tree, the
  eating bird is fully engrossed with anxiety and
  moroseness as the enjoyer of the fruits of the
  tree. But if in some way or other he turns his
  face to his friend who is the Lord and knows His
  gloriesat once the suffering bird becomes free
  from all anxieties.

Çvetäçvatara Upaniñad (4.7)
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Directly cognizant

• eko py asau racayituà jagad-aëòa-koöià
• yac-chaktir asti jagad-aëòa-cayä yad-antaù
• aëòäntara-stha-paramäëu-cayäntara-sthaà
• govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi
• I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda,
  who, by one of His plenary portions, enters into
  the existence of every universe and every
  particle of the atoms and thus unlimitedly
  manifests His infinite energy all over the
  material creation.

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Complete control of everything

• Not only in the heart, but also in each and every
  atom.
• Thats how Krsna controls everything including
  matter and all the living entities.
• What will move, in which direction, when and how,
  everything is directed by Paramatma, who is
  situated in each and every atom.

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Everything in all creations known to Krsna.

• Not only Krsna even His devotees by grace of
  Krsna can know everythinge.g.Narada Muni coming
  to see Krsna, after He killed Kesi demon.
• In spiritual world, there is no Paramatma
  feature, but Krsna knows directly everything.
• Thus Lord is not dependent on any material
  arrangement to know everything.

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Thus Krsna is directly and indirectly cognizant
of everything.