यद् यो यथा कुरुते कार्यते च ।
परावरेषां परमं प्राक् प्रसिद्धं
तद् ब्रह्म तद्धेतुरनन्यदेकम् ॥३०॥
yasmin yato yena ca yasya yasmai
yad yo yathÄ kurute kÄryate ca
parÄvareá¹£Äá¹ paramaá¹ prÄk prasiddhaá¹
tad brahma tad dhetur ananyad ekam
yasmin - in whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead or the supreme place of repose); yataḥ - from whom (everything emanates); yena - by whom (everything is enacted); ca - also; yasya - to whom everything belongs; yasmai - to whom (everything is offered); yat - which; yaḥ - who; yathÄ - as; kurute - executes; kÄryate - is performed; ca - also; para-avareá¹£Äm - of both, in the material and spiritual existence; paramam - the supreme; prÄk - the origin; prasiddham - well known to everyone; tat - that; brahma - the Supreme Brahman; tat hetuḥ - the cause of all causes; ananyat - having no other cause; ekam - one without a second.
The Supreme Brahman, Kṛṣṇa, is the ultimate resting place and source of everything. Everything is done by Him, everything belongs to Him, and everything is offered to Him. He is the ultimate objective, and whether acting or causing others to act, He is the ultimate doer. There are many causes, high and low, but since He is the cause of all causes, He is well known as the Supreme Brahman who existed before all activities. He is one without a second and has no other cause. I therefore offer my respects unto Him.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is the original cause, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (ahaá¹ sarvasya prabhavaḥ). Even this material world, which is conducted under the modes of material nature, is caused by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who therefore also has an intimate relationship with the material world. If the material world were not a part of His body, the Supreme Lord, the supreme cause, would be incomplete. Therefore we hear, vÄsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahÄtmÄ su-durlabhaḥ: if one knows that VÄsudeva is the original cause of all causes, he becomes a perfect mahÄtmÄ.
The Brahma-saá¹hitÄ (5.1) declares:
īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
sac-cid-Änanda-vigrahaḥ
anÄdir Ädir govindaḥ
sarva-kÄraṇa-kÄraṇam
“Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, for He is the prime cause of all causes.†The Supreme Brahman (tad brahma) is the cause of all causes, but He has no cause. AnÄdir Ädir govindaḥ sarva-kÄraṇa-kÄraṇam: Govinda, Kṛṣṇa, is the original cause of all causes, but He has no cause for His appearance as Govinda. Govinda expands in multifarious forms, but nevertheless they are one. As confirmed by MadhvÄcÄrya, ananyaḥ sadṛśÄbhÄvÄd eko rÅ«pÄdy-abhedataḥ: Kṛṣṇa has no cause nor any equal, and He is one because His various forms, as svÄá¹Å›a and vibhinnÄá¹Å›a, are nondifferent from Himself.
