SB 1.8.18

कुन्त्युवाच
नमस्ये पुरुषं त्वाद्यमीश्वरं प्रकृतेः परम् ।
अलक्ष्यं सर्वभूतानामन्तर्बहिरवस्थितम् ॥१८॥

kunty uvāca
namasye puruṣaṁ tvādyam
īśvaraṁ prakṛteḥ param
alakṣyaṁ sarva-bhūtānām
antar bahir avasthitam

kuntīplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkuntī

like Kuntīdevī; the mother of the Pāṇḍavas. uvācaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_biguvāca

answered; described; explained; he recited; he said; inquired; prayed; replied; said; she said; she spoke; spoke; talked with them.—Śrīmatī Kuntī said; namasyeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bignamasye

let me bow down.—let me bow down; puruṣamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpurusam

a male; a man; a person; another person; enjoyer; human; incarnation for cosmic manifestation; living entities; Lord Viṣṇu; man; person; personalities; personality; Personality of Godhead; the enjoyer; the living entities; the living entity; the living entity, the enjoyer; the Lord; the man; the person; the person situated in everyone's heart; the Personality of Godhead; the spirit soul; the Supersoul; the supreme enjoyer; the Supreme Lord; the Supreme Person; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; to a person; to the Supreme person; unto the Personality of Godhead; unto the Supreme Person; unto the Supreme Personality; unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.—the Supreme Person; tvāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigtva

on you; unto you; You; yourself.—You; ādyamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigadyam

original; the chief; the first of the kind; the original; the original cause of all causes; the original cause of everything; unto the original teacher of the universe (Lord Brahmā); You are the original cause.—the original; īśvaramplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigīśvaram

as the supreme controller, independent; Lord Śiva; master, controller; representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Supersoul; the controller; the King; the Lord; the Personality of Godhead; the supreme authority; the supreme controller; the supreme controller, Lord Viṣṇu; the Supreme Lord; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; unto the supreme controller; unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.—the controller; prakṛteḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigprakṛteḥ

by the force of nature; for expanding Himself; impelled by the material modes; material nature; modes; of His energies; of material nature; of matter (woman); of matter; of the material cosmos; of the material energy; of the material nature; to material nature; to the material world; whose nature.—of the material cosmos; paramplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigparam

above; absolute; after; after the initiation; afterwards; and afterward; another; as long as that of Lord Brahmā; as the ultimate goal of life; best; better means; beyond; beyond material nature; beyond that; but; but afterwards; distant; elevation to the heavenly planets or becoming one by merging into Brahman; enemies; far superior things; final; further supreme; Godhead; great; greater; greatest; heavy; higher; highest; liberation; merely; more supreme; most glorious; only; only or ultimately; only this earth; other; other thing; others; perfect; perfectly; sublime; superior; superior life; supreme; supreme, transcendental; that much only; the actual transcendental position; the best; the foremost; the goal of life; the greatest; the highest; the most exalted; the only means; the supreme; the supreme abode; the supreme knowledge (by which one can attain devotional service); the Supreme Lord; the Supreme Person; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the supreme whole; the transcendental world; the ultimate goal; to the transcendental spiritual kingdom; to the transcendental world; topmost; transcendence; transcendental; transcendental knowledge; transcendental to, beyond; transcendental world; ultimate; uncommon; under control; very great; very much; who are transcendental, beyond this material world; who is transcendental.—beyond; alakṣyamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigalakṣyam

the invisible.—the invisible; sarvaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsarva

all; all around; all kinds; all kinds of; all over; everyone; everything; for all; for everyone; in all; in all respects; of all; of all demigods; of all kinds; of everyone; of everything.—all; bhūtānāmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigbhūtānām

all living entities; all those who are born; and of all other living entities; living entities; of all living beings; of all living entities; of all the living entities; of all the physical elements; of living beings; of living entities; of the general mass of people; of the infinite living entities; of the living being; of the living beings; of the living entities; of the material elements; of those who have taken material bodies (the conditioned souls); of those who take birth in the material world; the living beings; to all living entities; to ordinary living entities; to some living entities; toward all living entities.—of living beings; antaḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigantah

a limit; conclusion; disappearance; end; in the core of the heart; in the heart; in the interior; in the transcendental world; inner; inside (the palace or home); inside; interior; internal; internally; internally or not manifested; limit; out of sight; the cause of dissolution; to the end; within; within herself; within his heart; within the cores of our hearts.—within; bahiḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigbahiḥ

and outside; and without; exterior; external (since the cosmic manifestation is external to the spiritual world, the spiritual world existed when there was no material world); external; external sense objects; externally; for what is outside; in the material world; on the outside; out; outside; outside of; outside of You; outside the home; outside the water; outsiders; outwardly; thus situated beyond; without.—without; avasthitamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigavasthitam

being situated; existing; individually staying; remaining; situated; situated there; standing.—existing. ¶

Śrīmatī Kuntī said: O Kṛṣṇa, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualities of the material world. You are existing both within and without everything, yet You are invisible to all. ¶

Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī was quite aware that Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead, although He was playing the part of her nephew. Such an enlightened lady could not commit a mistake by offering obeisances unto her nephew. Therefore, she addressed Him as the original puruṣa beyond the material cosmos. Although all living entities are also transcendental, they are neither original nor infallible. The living entities are apt to fall down under the clutches of material nature, but the Lord is never like that. In the Vedas, therefore, He is described as the chief among all living entities (nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13)). Then again He is addressed as īśvara, or the controller. The living entities or the demigods like Candra and Sūrya are also to some extent īśvara, but none of them is the supreme īśvara, or the ultimate controller. He is the parameśvara, or the Supersoul. He is both within and without. Although He was present before Śrīmatī Kuntī as her nephew, He was also within her and everyone else. In the Bhagavad-gītā (Bg. 15.15)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 15.15

I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas am I to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedānta, and I am the knower of the Vedas. the Lord says, “I am situated in everyone’s heart, and only due to Me one remembers, forgets and is cognizant, etc. Through all the Vedas I am to be known because I am the compiler of the Vedas, and I am the teacher of the Vedānta.” ueen Kuntī affirms that the Lord, although both within and without all living beings, is still invisible. The Lord is, so to speak, a puzzle for the common man. Queen Kuntī experienced personally that Lord Kṛṣṇa was present before her, yet He entered within the womb of Uttarā to save her embryo from the attack of Aśvatthāmā’s brahmāstra. Kuntī herself was puzzled about whether Śrī Kṛṣṇa is all-pervasive or localized. In fact, He is both, but He reserves the right of not being exposed to persons who are not surrendered souls. This checking curtain is called the māyā energy of the Supreme Lord, and it controls the limited vision of the rebellious soul. It is explained as follows. ¶