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Pradyumna: "I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life …

Prabhupāda: So Kṛṣṇa is describing how He is spread everywhere, in details. In the beginning, before this verse, He has …

So as soon as you remember Kṛṣṇa or you say or utter the word "Kṛṣṇa," immediately Kṛṣṇa contacts you. You …

So I do not know why they say, "Can you show me Kṛṣṇa?" Kṛṣṇa is showing Himself in so many …

But Kṛṣṇa is so powerful, omnipotent, that He has manufactured... Because He is there. Bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānām [Bg. 7.10]. Whenever …

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

[Bs. 5.1]

This is a fact. These are explained here. Everything, that is there. Janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1].

But we should not, like Māyāvādī, we should not make mistake = because the electric bulb, or electric light, is …

But Kṛṣṇa is not like that. Kṛṣṇa is the person, and from His energies so many varieties of productions are …

goloka-nāmni nija-dhāmni tale ca tasya devī-maheśa-hari-dhāmasu teṣu teṣu te te prabhāva-nicayā vihitāś ca yena govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

[Bs. 5.43]

advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam ādyaṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁ nava-yauvanaṁ ca vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau...

[Bs. 5.33]

So these features of Kṛṣṇa, how He is simultaneously one and different, acintya-bhedābheda... Kṛṣṇa is this electric lamp, and still, …

Jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣu tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu [Bg. 7.9]. Especially tapasvī... Tapasvī means those who are seeking after eternal happiness. Karmīs, yogīs, …

Tapasya means to undergo voluntarily some inconveniences of this body. Because we are accustomed to enjoy bodily senses, and tapasya …

Therefore Kṛṣṇa says that tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu [Bg. 7.9]. That acceptance of tapasya means that tapasya is itself Kṛṣṇa. You …

So guru is helping from inside and from outside. Antar-bahiḥ. So Kṛṣṇa is so kind. Therefore Kṛṣṇa manifests Himself as …

Kṛṣṇa wants everyone, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66]. A guru's business is that. Guru does not mean …