jīveṣv ete vasanto 'pi
bindu-bindutayÄ kvacit
paripÅ«rṇatayÄ bhÄnti
tatraiva puruá¹£ottame
jÄ«veá¹£u - in the living entities; ete - these; vasantaḥ - are residing; api - though; bindu-bindutayÄ - with a very minute quantity; kvacit - sometimes; paripÅ«rṇatayÄ - with fullness; bhÄnti - are manifested; tatra - in Him; eva - certainly; puruá¹£a-uttame - in the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
“ ‘These qualities are sometimes very minutely exhibited in living beings, but they are fully manifested in the Supreme Personality of Godhead.’
This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu (2.1.30). Living entities are parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (15.7):
mamaivÄá¹Å›o jÄ«va-loke jÄ«va-bhÅ«taḥ sanÄtanaḥ
manaḥ-á¹£aá¹£á¹hÄnÄ«ndriyÄṇi praká¹›ti-sthÄni kará¹£ati
“The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.â€
The qualities of Kṛṣṇa are present in the living entity in minute, atomic quantities. A small portion of gold is certainly gold, but it cannot be equal to a gold mine. Similarly, the living entities have all the characteristics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in minute quantity, but the living entity is never equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. God is therefore described as the Supreme Being, and the living entity is described as a jÄ«va. God is described as the Supreme Being, the chief of all living beings, because He is supplying the necessities of all others — eko bahÅ«nÄá¹ yo vidadhÄti kÄmÄn. The MÄyÄvÄdÄ«s maintain that everyone is God, but even if this philosophy is accepted, no one can maintain that everyone is equal to the Supreme Godhead in every respect. Only unintelligent men maintain that everyone is equal to God or that everyone is God.
