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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.82.45

అహం హి సర్వభూతానామాదిరన్తోఽన్తరం బహి: । భౌతికానాం యథా ఖం వార్భూర్వాయుర్జ్యోతిరఙ్గనా: ॥ ౪౫ ॥
ahaṁ hi sarva-bhūtānām
[aham hi sarva-bhootaanaam]
ādir anto ’ntaraṁ bahiḥ
[aadir anto ’ntaram bahih]
bhautikānāṁ yathā khaṁ vār
[bhautikaanaam yathaa kham vaar]
bhūr vāyur jyotir aṅganāḥ
[bhoor vaayur jyotir anganaah]
aham — I hi — indeed sarva — all bhūtānām — of created beings ādiḥ — the beginning antaḥ — the end antaram — inside bahiḥ — outside bhautikānām — of material things yathā — as kham — ether vāḥ — water bhūḥ — earth vāyuḥ — air jyotiḥ — and fire aṅganāḥ — O ladies .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ahaṁ hi sarva-bhūtānām
aham
I
hi
indeed
sarva
all
bhūtānām
of created beings
ādir anto ’ntaraṁ bahiḥ
ādiḥ
the beginning
antaḥ
the end
bhautikānāṁ yathā khaṁ vār
antaram
inside
bahiḥ
outside
bhūr vāyur jyotir aṅganāḥ
bhautikānām
of material things
yathā
as
kham
ether
vāḥ
water
bhūḥ
earth
vāyuḥ
air
jyotiḥ
and fire
aṅganāḥ
O ladies .
  • ādiḥ antaḥ — the beginning and the end
    Phrase: ādiḥ (beginning) + antaḥ (end). Echoes BG 7.6, 10.20, 11.13 — Kṛṣṇa as ādi-anta. Gauḍīyas note: He is not 'beginning and end' as abstract bracket; He personally is both, with form.
  • antaram bahiḥ — inside and outside
    Phrase: antaram (within) + bahiḥ (outside). The pañcama-vibhuti formula: present in and around everything. Acintya-bhedābheda — He pervades without being identical.
  • aṅganāḥ — O ladies
    Vocative plural of aṅganā — woman, lady. Kṛṣṇa addresses the gopīs respectfully even mid-tattva-instruction. Note the choice of aṅganāḥ rather than sakhyaḥ here — He is shifting register temporarily into adhyātma.
  • bhautikānām — of material things
    Genitive plural of bhautika — pertaining to bhūtas (elements). The analogy: as elements pervade objects, so I pervade beings. Gauḍīya tattva-vocabulary moves through these categories carefully.
Dear ladies, I am the beginning and end of all created beings and exist both within and without them, just as the elements ether, water, earth, air and fire are the beginning and end of all material objects and exist both within and without them.

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī and Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Lord Kṛṣṇa implies the following idea in this verse: “If you know that I am the Supreme Lord, there should be no question of your suffering any separation from Me, since I pervade all existence. Your unhappiness must be due to a lack of discrimination. Therefore please take this instruction from Me, which will remove your ignorance. “But the truth of the matter is that you gopīs were in your previous lives great masters of yoga, and thus you must already know this science of jñāna-yoga. Furthermore, whether I try to teach this to you in person or through My representative, such as Uddhava, it will not produce the desired result. Jñāna-yoga simply causes suffering for those who are fully immersed in pure love of Godhead.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Dear ladies, I am the beginning and end of all created beings and exist both within and without them, just as the elements ether, water, earth, air and fire are the beginning and end of all material objects and exist both within and without them.
Commentary

"If you know that I am the lord, then you should not have any suffering in separation from me. You have fallen into sorrow because of your lack of discrimination. Therefore learn from me how to destroy your lack of discrimination." Thus he speaks this verse. "O great lord of yoga, residing in all the three worlds, please put aside that knowledge which destroys sorrow about which you now speak." Then, informing the gopis that actually this knowledge taught by Uddhava and even now taught directly by the Lord, is useless because it does not destroy sorrow for those on the level of prema , he speaks that knowledge. " I am the beginning and end, the inside and outside of all entities—devas, men and animals, just the five elements exist withn all bodies from beginning to end, O young women ( anganah)! (Being women, you do not know this truth I am speaking.)"

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

“But why is prema the cause of attaining you?” Because I am the shelter of everything, I alone am suitable for prema, and prema is suitable to attain me. Two verses explain this. This means that very quickly you will attain me eternally. Or the gopīs may ask, “Why is there such long separation like this?” Then two verses explain. There is a similar statement in the Dāmodara pastimes. Na cāntar na bahir yasya: the Supreme Lord has no beginning and no end. (SB 10.9.12) Certainly endowed with my beautiful form, I am the cause (ādi) and the place of dissolution (antaḥ). I am spread in the middle (antaram). I spread throughout you, and remain there. Actually separation does not exist. O beautiful women! He shows his prema for them by noting their beauty and qualities.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

“Then why is there such long separation?” Two verses explain. I alone (hi) and not māyā am the cause (ādi), middle and resting place of creation. I pervade everywhere and thus am situated with you. I cannot give you up because you have such great beauty. O beautiful women (aṅganāḥ)!

Related values
Sthitaprajna (Steady Wisdom)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomAbhaya (Fearlessness)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Ahimsa (Non-violence / Compassion)Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)
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Yoga

Air fills the lungs from outside and pervades the body from within — the same air. Kṛṣṇa shifts here from mādhurya-talk to ātma-tattva, telling the gopīs that the elements they know already mirror Him: He is in them and around them. Aiśvarya-instruction inside mādhurya-meeting.

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