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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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I am all-pervading within this body, in my body. I am not all-pervading in your body. If I pinch your body, I do not feel any pain, but if I pinch my body, I feel pain. Therefore, "I am all-pervading" means I am all-pervading within this body by consciousness.
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[[Vanisource:710318 - Lecture SB 07.07.19-20 - Bombay|710318 - Lecture SB 07.07.19-20 - Bombay]]
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Kṛṣṇa says that, "I am also kṣetra-jña, knower of the body, but I know everyone's body." That is the difference between Kṛṣṇa, Paramātmā, the Supersoul, and the individual soul. The Māyāvādī philosophers, they make one. That is not possible.

Kṣetra-jña, āśraya. Avikriya—unchangeable. Sva-dṛk—he can see himself by contemplation, by meditation. Sva-dṛk. Hetuḥ—cause. Vyāpaka—all-pervading. I am all-pervading within this body, in my body. I am not all-pervading in your body. If I pinch your body, I do not feel any pain, but if I pinch my body, I feel pain. Therefore, "I am all-pervading" means I am all-pervading within this body by consciousness. Anywhere you touch, the consciousness is there, feeling touch.

Vyāpaka, asaṅgī. Asaṅgī means without being mixed up. The same example, that fishing but not touching the water. Oil, you drop some oil on the water, it will float—it will not mix. When you emulsify water it changes the color, but it is there. That will be explained in the next verse. Another example is just like milk. The milk, pure milk, there is butter, but you cannot see the butter in the milk. But if you . . .

(break) . . . on the same platform by the paṇḍita, by the learned, because he does not see the outward coverings; he sees the inner soul, the characteristics of the soul as described. But the demons, they cannot see the inner soul. They cannot distinguish the characteristic of the soul. Simply they see superficially and, identifying with the body, there is always trouble: "I am this nation." "I am Englishman," "I am German," "I am American," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Brahmin" "I am this," "I am that"—designation. So one has to become free from this designation before one can understand what is spiritual life. Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.170|CC Madhya 19.170]]). Sarvopādhi . . . these are designation, superficial.

So Prahlāda Mahārāja says that etair dvādaśabhir vidvān ātmano lakṣaṇaiḥ paraiḥ. Paraiḥ means superior. You have to distinguish ātmā by superior characteristics, not by inferior characteristics. And by understanding the ātmā's real position, ahaṁ mamety asad-bhāvaṁ dehādau mohajaṁ tyajet. You should give up the bodily identification, which is a production of illusion, mohajaṁ.

Production of illusion. As soon as I think I am American, "Why American money should go to India?" Immediately he becomes disqualified to become a member of the . . . (indistinct) . . . immediately. Because the same demoniac principle—"I am this." Mohajaṁ. Mohajaṁ—this is the production of illusion.
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