Devanagari
तं सर्वभूतात्मभूतं प्रशान्तं समदर्शनम् ।
भगवत्तेजसा स्पृष्टं नाशक्नोद्धन्तुमुद्यमै: ॥ ४३ ॥
Verse text
taṁ sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtaṁ
praśāntaṁ sama-darśanam
bhagavat-tejasā spṛṣṭaṁ
nāśaknod dhantum udyamaiḥ
Synonyms
tam
—
Him
;
sarva
—
bhūta — ātma — bhūtam — the soul in all entities
;
praśāntam
—
peaceful and without hatred, etc.
;
sama
—
darśanam — equal to everyone
;
bhagavat
—
tejasā — with the power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
spṛṣṭam
—
protected
;
na
—
not
;
aśaknot
—
was able
;
hantum
—
to kill
;
udyamaiḥ
—
by great attempts and various weapons .
Translation
The Lord, the Supersoul of all living entities, is sober, peaceful and equal to everyone. Since the great devotee Prahlāda was protected by the Lord’s potency, Hiraṇyakaśipu was unable to kill him, in spite of endeavoring to do so in various ways.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
In spite of his many attempts, Hiraṇyakaśipu was unable to kill Prahlāda, who was dear to all beings like one’s own self, who was peaceful, who saw all others’ happiness and distress as his own, and who was imbued with the Lord’s power.
Prahlāda was dear like one’s very self to all beings (sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtam). He was peaceful, because of having no hatred towards his father, who tried to kill him. He saw his and others’ happiness and distress equally.
Purport
In this verse the word
sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtam
is very significant.
Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati:
the Lord is equally situated in the core of everyone’s heart. Thus He cannot be envious of anyone or friendly to anyone; for Him everyone is the same. Although He is sometimes seen to punish someone, this is exactly like a father’s punishing his child for the child’s welfare. The Supreme Lord’s punishment is also a manifestation of the Lord’s equality. Therefore the Lord is described as
praśāntaṁ sama-darśanam.
Although the Lord has to execute His will properly, He is equipoised in all circumstances. He is equally disposed toward everyone.