śrī-bhagavān uvāca

yuktaḿ ca santi sarvatra

bhāṣante brāhmaṇā yathā

māyāḿ madīyām udgṛhya

vadatāḿ kiḿ nu durghaṭam

sri-bhagavan uvaca -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; yuktam -- reasonably; ca -- even; santi -- they are present; sarvatra -- everywhere; bhashante -- they speak; brahmanah -- brahmanas; yatha -- how; mayam -- the mystic energy; madiyam -- My; udgrihya -- resorting to; vadatam -- of those who speak; kim -- what; nu -- after all; durghatam -- will be impossible.


Texto

Lord Krishna replied: Because all material elements are present everywhere, it is reasonable that different learned brahmanas have analyzed them in different ways. All such philosophers spoke under the shelter of My mystic potency, and thus they could say anything without contradicting the truth.

Significado

The words santi sarvatra in this verse indicate that all material elements are found within each other in gross and subtle forms. In this way there are innumerable w-ays to categorically describe them. The material world is ultimately illusory, undergoing constant transformation. It may be measured in different ways, just as the mirage of an oasis may be described in different ways, but the Lord's own analysis of twenty-eight elements is perfect and should be accepted. Srila Jiva Gosvami states that the word maya in this verse does not refer to maha-maya, or the potency of ignorance, but to the Lord's inconceivable mystic power, which shelters the learned followers of Vedic knowledge. Each of the philosophers mentioned here reveals a particular aspect of truth, and their theories are not contradictory, since they are simply describing the same phenomena with different categorical systems. Such philosophical disagreement is endless within the material world; thus everyone should unite on the platform of the Lord's own opinion, as stated in this verse. Similarly, in Bhagavad-gita Lord Krishna requests all conditioned souls to give up their various forms of worship and surrender unto Him in full Krishna consciousness, becoming His devotees. Thus the whole universe can be united in love of Godhead by chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. By the Lord's revealing Himself to a sincere devotee, the controversy of analytic philosophy is ended.