uccāvaceṣu bhūteṣu
durjñeyam akṛtātmabhiḥ
upāsate tvāḿ bhagavan
yāthā-tathyena brāhmaṇāḥ
ucca -- in the superior; avaceshu -- and the inferior; bhuteshu -- created objects and entities; durjneyam -- hard to understand; akrita-atmabhih -- by the impious; upasate -- they worship; tvam -- You; bhagavan -- my dear Lord; yatha-tathyena -- in truth; brahmanah -- those dedicated to the Vedic conclusion.
My dear Lord, although it is difficult for the impious to understand that You are situated in all superior and inferior creations, those brahmanas who are actual knowers of the Vedic conclusion worship You in truth.
The behavior of saintly persons is also to be taken as evidence, and therefore it is here stated that although ignorant, impious persons are bewildered before the Lord's all-pervading feature, those with purified, clear consciousness worship the Lord as He is. In this chapter sri Uddhava inquires about the Lord's opulences, and here the words uccavaceshu bhuteshu ("within superior and inferior creations") clearly refer to the Lord's external opulences, those manifested in the material world. The saintly brahmanas, or Vaishnavas, worship Lord Krishna within all things and yet recognize the variety in the Lord's creation. For example, in worshiping the Deity, the devotees will select the nicest flowers, fruits and ornaments for decorating the transcendental form of the Lord. Similarly, although the Lord is present in the heart of every conditioned soul, the devotee will give more attention to a conditioned soul interested in the message of Lord Krishna. Although the Lord is everywhere, the devotees make distinctions, for the sake of the Lord's service, between His presence in superior (ucca) and inferior (avaceshu) creations.
