8.274
sthavara-jangama dekhe, na dekhe tara murti
sarvatra haya nija ista-deva-sphurti
SYNONYMS
sthavara-jangama—movable and inert; dekhe—he sees; na—not; dekhe—sees; tara—its; murti—form; sarvatra—everywhere; haya—there is; nija—his own; ista-deva—worshipable Lord; sphurti—manifestation “The maha-bhagavata, the advanced devotee, certainly sees everything mobile and immobile, but he does not exactly see their forms.
Rather, everywhere he immediately sees manifest the form of the Supreme Lord.”
PURPORT
Due to his deep ecstatic love for Krsna, the maha-bhagavata sees Krsna everywhere and nothing else.
This is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita (5.38): premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti.
As soon as a devotee sees something-be it movable or inert-he immediately remembers Krsna.
An advanced devotee is advanced in knowledge.
This knowledge is very natural to a devotee, for he has already read in the Bhagavad-gita how to awaken Krsna consciousness.
According to Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita (7.8):
raso ’ham apsu kaunteya
prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu
sabdah khe paurusam nrsu “O son of Kunti (Arjuna), I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.” Thus when a devotee drinks water or any other liquid, he immediately remembers Krsna.
For a devotee there is no difficulty in awakening Krsna consciousness twenty-four hours a day.
Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore says here:
sthavara jangama dekhe na dekhe tara murti
sarvatra haya nija ista-deva-sphurti A saintly person, an advanced devotee, sees Krsna twenty-four hours a day and nothing else.
As far as movable and inert things are concerned, a devotee sees them all as transformations of Krsna’s energy.
As Lord Krsna states in the Bhagavad-gita (7.4):
bhumir apo ’nalo vayuh
kham mano buddhir eva ca
ahankara itiyam me
bhinna prakrtir astadha “Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego-all together these eight constitute My separated material energies.” Actually nothing is separate from Krsna.
When a devotee sees a tree, he knows that the tree is a combination of two energies-material and spiritual.
The inferior energy, which is material, forms the body of the tree; however, within the tree is the living entity, the spiritual spark, which is part and parcel of Krsna.
This is the superior energy of Krsna within this world.
Whatever living thing we see is simply a combination of these two energies.
When an advanced devotee thinks of these energies, he immediately understands that they are manifestations of the Supreme Lord.
As soon as we see the sun rise in the morning, we arise and set about doing our morning duties.
Similarly, as soon as a devotee sees the energy of the Lord, he immediately remembers Lord Sri Krsna.
This is explained in this verse: sarvatra haya nija ista-deva-sphurti A devotee who has purified his existence through devotional service sees only Krsna in every step of life.
This is also explained in the next verse, which is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.2.45).