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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.14.37

पुराण्यनेन सृष्टानि नृतिर्यगृषिदेवता: । शेते जीवेन रूपेण पुरेषु पुरुषो ह्यसौ ॥ ३७ ॥
purāṇy anena sṛṣṭāni
[puraany anena srishtaani]
nṛ-tiryag-ṛṣi-devatāḥ
[nri-tiryag-rishi-devataah]
śete jīvena rūpeṇa
[shete jeevena roopena]
pureṣu puruṣo hy asau
[pureshu purusho hy asau]
Word-for-word
purāṇi — residential places or bodies anena — by Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) sṛṣṭāni — among those creations nṛ — man tiryak — other than human beings (animals, birds, etc) ṛṣi — saintly persons devatāḥ — and demigods śete — lies down jīvena — with the living entities rūpeṇa — in the form of Paramātmā pureṣu — within these residential places or bodies puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Lord hi — indeed asau — He (the Personality of Godhead).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
purāṇy anena sṛṣṭāni
purāṇi
residential places or bodies
anena
by Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
sṛṣṭāni
among those creations
nṛ-tiryag-ṛṣi-devatāḥ
nṛ
man
tiryak
other than human beings (animals, birds, etc)
ṛṣi
saintly persons
devatāḥ
and demigods
śete jīvena rūpeṇa
śete
lies down
jīvena
with the living entities
rūpeṇa
in the form of Paramātmā
pureṣu puruṣo hy asau
pureṣu
within these residential places or bodies
puruṣaḥ
the Supreme Lord
hi
indeed
asau
He (the Personality of Godhead).
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has created many residential places like the bodies of human beings, animals, birds, saints and demigods. In all of these innumerable bodily forms, the Lord resides with the living being as Paramātmā. Thus He is known as the puruṣāvatāra.
Purport

In Bhagavad-gītā (18.61) it is said:

īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.” The living entity, who is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exists on the mercy of the Lord, who is always with him in any form of body. The living entity desires a particular type of material enjoyment, and thus the Lord supplies him with a body, which is like a machine. Just to keep him alive in that body, the Lord remains with him as the puruṣa (Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu). This is also confirmed in Brahma-saṁhitā (5.35) :

eko ’py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭiṁ yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-sthaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who enters the existence of every universe and every atom by one of His plenary portions and thus manifests His infinite energy throughout the material creation.” The living entity, being part and parcel of the Lord, is known as jīva. The Supreme Lord puruṣa remains with the jīva to enable him to enjoy material facilities.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord has created bodies for the jīvas in human, animal, sage and devatā forms. The Lord resides as Paramātmā in all their bodies. One can directly offer to the Lord at the time of his descent. At other times one should offer to the devotees since it was already said that the devotee is the real recipient of offerings (sat-pātram) in verse 27. Then one should worship all living beings.
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Personal Guidance
The Lord has created innumerable bodies — human, animal, bird, saint, demigod — and resides in all as Paramātmā. He is the puruṣa-avatāra inhabiting every form. Every body you meet houses His presence.
Reflection Questions
  • Which bodies do you treat as if Paramātmā is not present?
  • How would your encounters change today if you remembered the Lord is in each one?
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