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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.14.45

एवं समाहितमतिर्मामेवात्मानमात्मनि । विचष्टे मयि सर्वात्मन् ज्योतिर्ज्योतिषि संयुतम् ॥ ४५ ॥
evaṁ samāhita-matir
[evam samaahita-matir]
mām evātmānam ātmani
[maam evaatmaanam aatmani]
vicaṣṭe mayi sarvātman
[vichashte mayi sarvaatman]
jyotir jyotiṣi saṁyutam
[jyotir jyotishi samyutam]
Word-for-word
evam — thus samāhita — completely fixed matiḥ — consciousness mām — Me eva — indeed ātmānam — the individual soul ātmani — within the individual soul vicaṣṭe — sees mayi — in Me sarva-ātman — in the Supreme Personality of Godhead jyotiḥ — the sun rays jyotiṣi — within the sun saṁyutam — united.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ samāhita-matir
evam
thus
samāhita
completely fixed
matiḥ
consciousness
mām evātmānam ātmani
mām
Me
eva
indeed
ātmānam
the individual soul
ātmani
within the individual soul
vicaṣṭe mayi sarvātman
vicaṣṭe
sees
mayi
in Me
sarva-ātman
in the Supreme Personality of Godhead
jyotir jyotiṣi saṁyutam
jyotiḥ
the sun rays
jyotiṣi
within the sun
saṁyutam
united.
One who has completely fixed his mind on Me should see Me within his own soul and should see the individual soul within Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus, he sees the individual souls united with the Supreme Soul, just as one sees the sun’s rays completely united with the sun.
Purport

In the spiritual world everything is naturally effulgent because that is the nature of spirit. Thus when one sees the individual soul as part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, the experience can be compared to seeing the sun’s rays emanating from the sun. The Supreme Lord is within the living entity, and simultaneously the living entity is within the Lord. But in both cases the Supreme Lord, and not the living entity, is the maintainer and controller. How happy everyone could be by taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and finding the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, within everything and everything within Kṛṣṇa. Liberated life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so pleasurable that the greatest misfortune is to be without such consciousness. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is kindly explaining in many different ways the supremacy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and fortunate persons will understand the sincere message of the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One who is completely fixed in samādhi should see Brahman in the jīva and the jīva joined with Brahman, just a particle of light joins with the light. This person becomes absorbed in meditation. Engaging his mind in samādhi, he sees me, Brahman, in the jīva. And sees the jīva joined in me. Light is joined with light. This refers to Brahman, the complete spiritual light of the Lord, and to the jīva who is a particle of that light.
Personal Guidance
One whose mind is fully fixed sees Me within the soul and the soul within Me, like sun rays united with the sun. The image gives a sense of unity-with-distinction.
Reflection Questions
  • Have I ever briefly tasted this seeing?
  • What sustains it when it arrives?
📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io

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