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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.12.11

स त्वं समीहितमद: स्थितिजन्मनाशंभूतेहितं च जगतो भवबन्धमोक्षौ वायुर्यथा विशति खं च चराचराख्यंसर्वं तदात्मकतयावगमोऽवरुन्‍त्से ॥ ११ ॥
sa tvaṁ samīhitam adaḥ sthiti-janma-nāśaṁ
[sa tvam sameehitam adah sthiti-janma-naasham]
bhūtehitaṁ ca jagato bhava-bandha-mokṣau
[bhootehitam cha jagato bhava-bandha-mokshau]
vāyur yathā viśati khaṁ ca carācarākhyaṁ
[vaayur yathaa vishati kham cha charaacharaakhyam]
sarvaṁ tad-ātmakatayāvagamo ’varuntse
[sarvam tad-aatmakatayaavagamo ’varuntse]
Word-for-word
saḥ — Your Lordship tvam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead samīhitam — which has been created (by You) adaḥ — of this material cosmic manifestation sthiti-janma-nāśam — creation, maintenance and annihilation bhūta — of the living entities īhitam ca — and the different activities or endeavors jagataḥ — of the whole world bhava-bandha-mokṣau — in being implicated and being liberated from material complications vāyuḥ — the air yathā — as viśati — enters kham — in the vast sky ca — and cara-acara-ākhyam — and everything, moving and nonmoving sarvam — everything tat — that ātmakatayā — because of Your presence avagamaḥ — everything is known to You avaruntse — You are all-pervading and therefore know everything.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa tvaṁ samīhitam adaḥ sthiti-janma-nāśaṁ
saḥ
Your Lordship
tvam
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
samīhitam
which has been created (by You)
adaḥ
of this material cosmic manifestation
sthiti-janma-nāśam
creation, maintenance and annihilation
bhūtehitaṁ ca jagato bhava-bandha-mokṣau
bhūta
of the living entities
īhitam ca
and the different activities or endeavors
jagataḥ
of the whole world
bhava-bandha-mokṣau
in being implicated and being liberated from material complications
vāyur yathā viśati khaṁ ca carācarākhyaṁ
vāyuḥ
the air
yathā
as
viśati
enters
kham
in the vast sky
ca
and
cara-acara-ākhyam
and everything, moving and nonmoving
sarvaṁ tad-ātmakatayāvagamo ’varuntse
sarvam
everything
tat
that
ātmakatayā
because of Your presence
avagamaḥ
everything is known to You
avaruntse
You are all-pervading and therefore know everything.
My Lord, You are the supreme knowledge personified. You know everything about this creation and its beginning, maintenance and annihilation, and You know all the endeavors made by the living entities, by which they are either implicated in this material world or liberated from it. As the air enters the vast sky and also enters the bodies of all moving and nonmoving entities, You are present everywhere, and therefore You are the knower of all.
Purport

As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā:

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 by one of His plenary portions enters the existence of every universe and every atomic particle and thus manifests His infinite energy unlimitedly throughout the material creation.” ( Brahma-saṁhitā 5.35 )

ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka, with Rādhā, who resembles His own spiritual figure and who embodies the ecstatic potency [ hlādinī ]. Their companions are Her confidantes, who embody extensions of Her bodily form and who are imbued and permeated with ever-blissful spiritual rasa. ” ( Brahma-saṁhitā 5.37 )

Although Govinda is always present in His abode ( goloka eva nivasati ), He is simultaneously present everywhere. Nothing is unknown to Him, and nothing can be hidden from Him. The example given here compares the Lord to the air, which is within the vast sky and within every body but still is different from everything.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You, the Lord, knowing everything---your creation, the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe, the actions of all beings, the method of bondage and liberation—enter everything, since you are one with everything, just as air enters ether and all bodies. “Then who knows the Lord?” You alone know. You, that famous person (saḥ), know everything and pervade everything. You know everything created by you (samīhitam), the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe, the actions of all living beings, the method of bondage and liberation. An example is given to show how the Lord pervades everything. Just as the air enters the great ether, its basis, and all bodies moving and non-moving, so you, situated in your abode in Vaikuṇṭha, enter everything, since everything is part of you.
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Personal Guidance
You are knowledge personified; like air entering the sky and every body, You are present everywhere as knower of all. The Lord pervades atoms and universes alike — no scale exempts His presence.
Reflection Questions
  • What hidden situation in my life am I imagining the Lord cannot see?
  • How would my behavior shift if I really took 'present in every atom' as literal fact?
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