'vyÄpya' 'vyÄpaka'-bhÄve 'jÄ«va'-'brahme' jÄni
jÄ«va — vyÄpya, brahma — vyÄpaka, Å›Ästrete vÄkhÄni
vyÄpya - localized; vyÄpaka - all-pervading; bhÄve - in this way; jÄ«va - living entity; brahme - the Supreme Lord; jÄni - I know; jÄ«va - the living entity; vyÄpya - localized; brahma - the Supreme Lord; vyÄpaka - all-pervading; Å›Ästrete - in the revealed scripture; vÄkhÄni - description.
BrahmÄnanda BhÄratÄ« continued, “The living entity is localized, whereas the Supreme Brahman is all-pervading. That is the verdict of the revealed scriptures.
BrahmÄnanda BhÄratÄ« drew SÄrvabhauma Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya’s attention because he wanted him to judge the argument. He then stated that Brahman, the Supreme Lord, is all-pervading. This is confirmed by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (13.3):
ká¹£etra-jñaá¹ cÄpi mÄá¹ viddhi sarva-ká¹£etreá¹£u bhÄrata
ká¹£etra-ká¹£etrajñayor jñÄnaá¹ yat taj jñÄnaá¹ mataá¹ mama
“O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its knower is called knowledge. That is My opinion.â€
The Supreme Personality of Godhead in His ParamÄtmÄ feature is expanded everywhere. The Brahma-saá¹hitÄ says, aṇá¸Äntara-stha-paramÄṇu-cayÄntara-stham: by virtue of His all-pervasive nature, the Supreme Lord is within the universe as well as within all elements of the universe. He is even within the atom. In this way the Supreme Lord Govinda is all-pervasive. On the other hand, the living entities are very, very small. It is said that the living entity is one ten-thousandth of the tip of a hair. Therefore the living entity is localized. Living entities rest on the Brahman effulgence, the bodily rays of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
