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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.11.13-14

క్షేత్రజ్ఞ ఆత్మా పురుష: పురాణ: సాక్షాత్స్వయంజ్యోతిరజ: పరేశ: । నారాయణో భగవాన్ వాసుదేవ: స్వమాయయాఽఽత్మన్యవధీయమాన: ॥ ౧౩ ॥ యథానిల: స్థావరజఙ్గమానా- మాత్మస్వరూపేణ నివిష్ట ఈశేత్ । ఏవం పరో భగవాన్ వాసుదేవ: క్షేత్రజ్ఞ ఆత్మేదమనుప్రవిష్ట: ॥ ౧౪ ॥
kṣetrajṣa ātmā puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
[kshetrajsha aatmaa purushah puraanah]
sākṣāt svayaṁ jyotir ajaḥ pareśaḥ
[saakshaat svayam jyotir ajah pareshah]
nārāyaṇo bhagavān vāsudevaḥ
[naaraayano bhagavaan vaasudevah]
sva-māyayātmany avadhīyamānaḥ
[sva-maayayaatmany avadheeyamaanah]
yathānilaḥ sthāvara-jaṅgamānām
[yathaanilah sthaavara-jangamaanaam]
ātma-svarūpeṇa niviṣṭa īśet
[aatma-svaroopena nivishta eeshet]
evaṁ paro bhagavān vāsudevaḥ
[evam paro bhagavaan vaasudevah]
kṣetrajṣa ātmedam anupraviṣṭaḥ
[kshetrajsha aatmedam anupravishtah]
Word-for-word
kṣetra-jṣaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead* ātmā — all-pervading, present everywhere puruṣaḥ — the unrestricted controller, who has unlimited power purāṇaḥ — the original sākṣāt — perceivable by hearing from the authorities and by direct perception svayam — personal jyotiḥ — manifesting His bodily rays (the Brahman effulgence) ajaḥ — never born pareśaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead nārāyaṇaḥ — the resting place of all living entities bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead with six full opulences vāsudevaḥ — the shelter of everything, manifested and nonmanifest sva-māyayā — by His own potency ātmani — in His own self, or in the ordinary living entities avadhīyamānaḥ — existing as the controller yathā — as much as anilaḥ — the air sthāvara — of nonmoving living entities jaṅgamānām — and of the moving living entities ātma-svarūpeṇa — by His expansion as the Supersoul niviṣṭaḥ — entered īśet — controls evam — thus paraḥ — transcendental bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead vāsudevaḥ — the shelter of everything kṣetra-jṣaḥ — known as kṣetrajṣa ātmā — the vital force idam — this material world anupraviṣṭaḥ — entered within.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kṣetrajṣa ātmā puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
kṣetra-jṣaḥ
the Supreme Personality of Godhead*
ātmā
all-pervading, present everywhere
puruṣaḥ
the unrestricted controller, who has unlimited power
purāṇaḥ
the original
sākṣāt svayaṁ jyotir ajaḥ pareśaḥ
sākṣāt
perceivable by hearing from the authorities and by direct perception
svayam
personal
jyotiḥ
manifesting His bodily rays (the Brahman effulgence)
ajaḥ
never born
pareśaḥ
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
nārāyaṇo bhagavān vāsudevaḥ
nārāyaṇaḥ
the resting place of all living entities
bhagavān
the Personality of Godhead with six full opulences
vāsudevaḥ
the shelter of everything, manifested and nonmanifest
sva-māyayātmany avadhīyamānaḥ
sva-māyayā
by His own potency
ātmani
in His own self, or in the ordinary living entities
avadhīyamānaḥ
existing as the controller
yathānilaḥ sthāvara-jaṅgamānām
yathā
as much as
anilaḥ
the air
sthāvara
of nonmoving living entities
jaṅgamānām
and of the moving living entities
ātma-svarūpeṇa niviṣṭa īśet
ātma-svarūpeṇa
by His expansion as the Supersoul
niviṣṭaḥ
entered
īśet
controls
evaṁ paro bhagavān vāsudevaḥ
evam
thus
paraḥ
transcendental
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
vāsudevaḥ
the shelter of everything
kṣetrajṣa ātmedam anupraviṣṭaḥ
kṣetra-jṣaḥ
known as kṣetrajṣa
ātmā
the vital force
idam
this material world
anupraviṣṭaḥ
entered within.
There are two kinds of kṣetrajṣa — the living entity, as explained above, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is explained as follows. He is the all-pervading cause of creation. He is full in Himself and is not dependent on others. He is perceived by hearing and direct perception. He is self-effulgent and does not experience birth, death, old age or disease. He is the controller of all the demigods, beginning with Lord Brahmā. He is called Nārāyaṇa, and He is the shelter of living entities after the annihilation of this material world. He is full of all opulences, and He is the resting place of everything material. He is therefore known as Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By His own potency, He is present within the hearts of all living entities, just as the air or vital force is within the bodies of all beings, moving and nonmoving. In this way He controls the body. In His partial feature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead enters all bodies and controls them.
Purport

This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (15.15) . Sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jṣānam apohanaṁ ca. Every living being is controlled by the supreme living being, Paramātmā, who resides within everyone’s heart. He is the puruṣa, the puruṣa-avatāra, who creates this material world. The first puruṣa-avatāra is Mahā-Viṣṇu, and that Mahā-Viṣṇu is the plenary portion of the plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa’s first expansion is Baladeva, and His next expansions are Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Aniruddha and Pradyumna. Vāsudeva is the original cause of the brahmajyoti, and the brahmajyoti is the expansion of the rays of the body of Vāsudeva.

yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi- koṭiṣv aśeṣa-vasudhādi-vibhūti-bhinnam tad brahma niṣkalam anantam aśeṣa-bhūtaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is the impersonal Brahman, which is absolute, complete and unlimited and which displays the varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences, in millions and millions of universes.” ( Brahma-saṁhitā 5.40 ) The Supreme Personality of Godhead is thus described in Bhagavad-gītā :

mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ

“By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” ( Bg. 9.4 )

This is the position of the plenary expansions of Kṛṣṇa as the all-pervading Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Supreme Lord is the knower of all bodies, is all pervasive, has a human form, is the cause of the universe, is self-revealing, is without material birth and is Lord of all others. He is Mahā-viṣṇu, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha and the master of Mathurā and Dvārakā. He is the object of meditation for the liberated jīvas, by his mercy. Just as the air enters all moving and stationary beings as prāṇa and controls them, the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, the knower of all bodies, pervading everywhere, enters this universe. The conditioned jīva absorbs himself in the conventional world of saṁsāra. In what does the liberated jīva absorb himself? In this verse the knower of the field refers to the Paramātmā, who knows all bodies completely. He pervades everywhere (ātmā), is the cause of the universe (purāṇaḥ), has the form of a human, is self-revealing (svayaṁjyotiḥ), devoid of material birth (ajaḥ), is the Lord of all others such as Brahmā (pareśaḥ), lies on the Kāraṇa Ocean (nārāyaṇaḥ), is full of six powers (bhagavān) as the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, is the son of Vasudeva, the master of Mathurā and Dvārakā, and is the object of the mind for the liberated jīva, since he is completely free of māyā (su amāyayā), or he is the object of meditation for the liberated jīva, because of his svarūpa śakti or his mercy. The Lord is easily attained by the liberated jīva. An example is given. Just as the air, in the form of prāṇa (ātma-svarūpena) enters all beings and controls them (īśet), so the Lord enters this universe (idam).
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