mām eva sarva-bhūteṣu
bahir antar apāvṛtam
īkṣetātmani cātmānaḿ
yathā kham amalāśayaḥ
mam -- Me; eva -- indeed; sarva-bhuteshu -- within all living beings; bahih -- externally; antah -- internally; apavritam -- uncovered; iksheta -- one should see; atmani -- within himself; ca -- also; atmanam -- the Supreme Soul; yatha -- as; kham -- the sky; amala-asayah -- having a pure heart.
With a pure heart one should see Me, the Supreme Soul within all beings and also within oneself, to be both unblemished by anything material and also present everywhere, both externally and internally, just like the omnipresent sky.
According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, the Lord has spoken the present verse to attract those who are inclined toward philosophical speculation about the Absolute Truth. Such transcendental scholars searching for the ultimate unity will be attracted by the Lord's manifestation described here.
